[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9012-9013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4396]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; WYW 134662]
Public Land Order No. 7312; Withdrawal of Public Land for the
Protection of Arabis Pusilla Plant Habitat; Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,020 acres of public land from surface
entry and mining for a period of 50 years to protect Arabis pusilla
(small rockcress) plant habitat. The land has been and will remain open
to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
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 public
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect Arabis
pusilla plant habitat:
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Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 29 N., R. 101 W.,
Sec. 26, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
Sec. 27, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\,
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, N\1/2\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 1,020 acres in Fremont County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of 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) (1994), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: February 4, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-4396 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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