[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-918]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-070-1430-01; NMNM 92843]
Public Land Order No. 7234; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the
Lee Acres Landfill; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 134.68 acres of public lands from surface
entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land
Management to protect public health and welfare, and the environment
from hazardous materials existing in soils and groundwater of the Lee
Acres Landfill. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral
leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jo Albin, BLM Farmington District
Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, New Mexico 87401, 505-599-
6332.
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, to protect public health and welfare, and the environment
from hazardous materials existing in soils and groundwater of the Lee
Acres Landfill:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 29 N., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 21, lots 6 and 7 (everything southeast of County Road No.
5569);
Sec. 22, lot 5 (everything southeast of County Road No. 5569),
lot 6 W\1/2\, lot 11 W\1/2\, and lot 12;
Sec. 28, lot 2.
The areas described aggregate 134.68 acres in San Juan County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: January 3, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-918 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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