[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31308]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-030-5700-77; NMNM 85612]
Public Land Order No. 7296; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Land for Sacramento Peak Observatory; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,432.40 acres of National Forest System
land from mining for a period of 20 years to protect the scientific
value of the Sacramento Peak Observatory. The land has been and will
remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorraine J. Salas, BLM Las Cruces
District Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005, 505-525-
4388.
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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Sacramento
Peak Observatory:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
Lincoln National Forest
T. 17 S., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 26, SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
Sec. 28, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
Sec. 33, unsurveyed;
Sec. 34, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\.
The area described contains 2,432.40 acres in Otero County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the National
Forest System land 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 20 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) (1994), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: November 14, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-31308 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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