[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8955-8956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3893]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
43 CFR Public Land Order 7115
[UT-942-1430-01; UTU-52338]
Partial Revocation of Executive Order of April 17, 1926, Public
Water Reserve 107 Withdrawal; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes Executive Order of April 17, 1926, insofar
as it affects 40.84 acres of public land withdrawn as a public water
reserve. The land is no longer needed for the purpose of the
withdrawal, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of the land
through a land exchange under the authority of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976. This action will open the land to surface
entry, and to mining for nonmetalliferous minerals. The land has been
and will remain open to mineral leasing and mining for metalliferous
minerals.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1995.
FURTHER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Massey, BLM Utah State
Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155.
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. Executive Order of April 17, 1926, which withdrew public land
containing springs and water holes as public water reserves, is hereby
revoked insofar as it affects the following described land:
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 11 N., R. 19 W.,
Sec. 4, lot 1;
The area described contains 40.84 acres in Box Elder County.
The land described above is no longer needed for the purpose for
which withdrawn. There is no water on the parcel, nor evidence of any
in the past.
2. At 9 a.m. on March 20, 1995, the land will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing
rights, the provision 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 March 20, 1995 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 March 20, 1995 the land will be opened to location
and entry for nonmetalliferous minerals under the United States mining
law, subject to valid existing rights, the provision 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: February 6, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-3893 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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