[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1495-1496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-535]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-045-1430-00; UTU-069117]
Public Land Order No. 7309; Partial Revocation of Public Land
Order No. 4036; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes Public Land Order No. 4036 insofar as it
affects 1,389.22 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of
Reclamation's Dixie Project. The land is no longer needed for
reclamation purposes, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal
of specific tracts of public land through exchange under Section 206 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and sale under the
Recreation and Public Purposes Act. This action will open the land to
surface entry and mining unless closed by overlapping withdrawals or
temporary segregations of record. The land has been and will remain
open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaVerne Steah, BLM Utah State Office,
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155, (801) 539-4114.
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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
1. Public Land Order No. 4036 dated June 6, 1966, which withdrew
public land for the Bureau of Reclamation's
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Dixie Project, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following
described land:
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 42 S., R. 14 W.,
Sec. 3, lots 5 to 7, inclusive, lots 9 to 14, inclusive, and
lots 17 to 20, inclusive;
Sec. 4, lots 6 to 8, inclusive;
Sec. 9, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and
SE\1/4\;
Sec. 10, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, lots 7 to 9, inclusive, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 11, lot 2;
Sec. 15, lot 2;
Sec. 17, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
The area described contains 1,389.22 acres in Washington County.
2. At 9 a.m. on January 26, 1998, the land will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications
received at or prior to 9 a.m. on January 26, 1998, shall be considered
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall
be in the order of filing.
3. At 9 a.m. on January 26, 1998, the land will be opened to
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to
valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law.
Appropriation of any land described in this order under the general
mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is unauthorized.
Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse
possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no rights against the
United States. Acts required to establish a location and to initiate a
right of possession are governed by State law where not in conflict
with Federal law. The Bureau of Land Management will not intervene in
disputes between rival locators over possessory rights since Congress
has provided for such determinations in local courts.
Dated: December 24, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-535 Filed 1-8-98; 8:45 am]
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