[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30840]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
43 CFR Public Land Order 7176
[CO-935-1430-01; COC-28255]
Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated May 23, 1946;
Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it
affects 160 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of
Reclamation's Gunnison-Arkansas Project. The land is no longer needed
for reclamation purposes, and the partial revocation will allow for
disposal by exchange. This action will open 160 acres 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 19, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexa Watson, BLM Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3796.
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. The Secretarial Order dated May 23, 1946, which withdrew public
land for the Bureau of Reclamation's Gunnison-Arkansas Project, is
hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described land:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 49 N., R. 5 W.,
Sec. 34, NE\1/4\.
The area described contains 160 acres in Gunnison County.
2. At 9 a.m. on January 19, 1996, the land described in paragraph 1
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 19, 1996, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order
of filing.
3. At 9 a.m. on January 19, 1996, the land described in paragraph 1
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 of the 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 (1988), 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 8, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-30840 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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