[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 66151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30998]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7178
[CO-935-1430-01; COC-56149]
Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Aspen Highlands Ski
Area; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,333.34 acres of National Forest System
land from mining for 50 years to protect recreational resources and
facilities at the Aspen Highlands Ski Area. This land has been and
remains open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of
National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
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
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), for the
Forest Service to protect facilities and resources at the Aspen
Highlands Ski Area:
White River National Forest
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 10 S., R. 85 W.,
Sec. 15, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 22, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9;
Sec. 26, lots 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27;
Sec. 28, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
Sec. 33, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 34;
Sec. 35, lot 10, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 85 W.,
Sec. 2, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 3, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
Sec. 4, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The area described contains 3,333.34 acres of National Forest
System land in Pitkin County.
2. The withdrawal make by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System 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: December 8, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-30998 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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