[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9213]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-1430-01; CACA 7202]
Public Land Order No. 7252; Revocation of the Executive Order
Dated February 21, 1913; California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive Order dated February 21, 1913,
in its entirety, as it affects 59,752.64 acres of public land withdrawn
for Potash Reserve No. 2. The withdrawal is no longer needed for this
purpose since potash was made a leasable mineral with the passage of
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The revocation is needed to permit
partial disposal of the land through exchange. This action will open
the land to nonmetalliferous mining. The land has been and will remain
open to surface entry, metalliferous mining, and mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Gary, BLM California State
Office (CA-931.5), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825, 916-979-
2858.
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 Executive Order dated February 21, 1913, which withdrew
public land for Potash Reserve No. 2, is hereby revoked in its entirety
as it affects the following described land:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 24 S., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 33, S\1/2\;
Sec. 34, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, S\1/2\SW\1/4\
.An area bounded as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 43 E.;
thence west 2 miles; thence south 12 miles; thence east 9 miles; thence
north 12 miles; thence west 2\1/2\ miles, more or less to the south
quarter corner of sec. 36, T. 24 S., R. 43 E., thence west 4\1/2\ miles
more or less, along the south line of T. 24 S., R. 43 E., to point of
beginning.
The area described contains 59,752.64 acres in San Bernardino
County.
2. At 10 a.m. on May 12, 1997, the land will be opened to location
and entry for nonmetalliferous mining 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 determination in
local courts.
Dated: March 27, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-9213 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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