[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17796-17797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8526]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-930-1430-01, AR-030451]
Notice of Case Closure, Cancellation of Application to Withdraw
Certain Public Lands in Graham and Greenlee Counties, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By letter, dated February 24, 1995, the Department of the
Army, Corps of Engineers requested the withdrawal of pending
application AR-030451. The application was for the withdrawal of public
lands for the Camelsback Dam Flood Control Project which has since been
deauthorized. Need for the land for project purposes is now nonexistent
and the lands opened to filings, as listed below, subject to valid
existing rights. The segregative effect resulting from AR-030451 was
terminated by statute on October 20, 1991.
On February 27, 1961, the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, filed
application AR-030451 to withdraw approximately 13,232.43 acres of
public land and minerals. Additionally, the application requested the
withdrawal of Federal minerals under the non-public surface.
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 5 S., R. 28 E.,
*Sec. 36, SE\1/4\.
T. 6 S., R. 28 E.,
*Sec. 1, Lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
*Sec. 2, S\1/2\;
*Sec. 11, N\1/2\;
*Sec. 12, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 29 E.,
Sec. 7, W\1/2\E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 12, Lots 1, 5-16 inclusive, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\,
SW\1/4\, and patented Mineral Survey 1029 B to 1033 B, inclusive;
Sec. 13, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 14, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
Sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 16, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 18, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
T. 5 S., R. 29 E., (continued)
*Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
*Sec. 22, N\1/2\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
*Sec. 25, Lots 2, 3, 5-16, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\; [[Page 17797]]
*Sec. 26, All;
*Sec. 27, N\1/2\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
*Sec. 28, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
*Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
*Sec. 30, All;
*Sec. 31, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\;
*Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
*Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
*Sec. 36, Lots 1 and 2.
T. 6 S., R. 29 E.,
Sec. 6, NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 7, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\
T. 5 S., R. 30 E.,
Sec. 6, Lots 3-6, 8, 9, 12-17, 19, 20, 23 and 24, and Mineral
Survey 1654 B;
Sec. 7, Lots 1-4, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, Lots 2-4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 31, Lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and
SE\1/4\;
Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 33, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
T. 6 S., R. 30 E.,
Sec. 1, Lots 5-12;
Sec. 2, Lots 1-12;
Sec. 3, Lots 1-7;
Sec. 4, Lots 1-6, N 9.44 acres of Lot 7, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and the
Gila River between the meander line of said lots of secs. 1, 2, 3,
and 4.
*Land descriptions following the asterisk are located wholly or
partially within the boundaries of the Gila Box Riparian National
Conservation Area.
The areas described, include both public and non-public lands in
the application and aggregate 13,232.43 acres, more or less, in
Graham and Greenlee Counties.
Under Title II of Public Law 101-628, (Arizona Desert Wilderness
Act), a portion of the subject land was afforded continued protection
by virtue of designation as the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation
Area (NCA). This action withdrew all Federal lands within the NCA from
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining
laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and
geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto. This action negates any
need to further withdraw the land.
As a result of designation as the Gila Box Riparian NCA and
deauthorization of the Camelsback Dam project, the Corps of Engineers
requested withdrawal application AR-030451 be rescinded. All public
land located outside the boundaries of the NCA are open to filings
under the public land laws and the mining laws. It was opened to
mineral leasing on February 28, 1982, (FR Vol. 47, No. 17, page 3623,
January 26, 1982). Subsequent actions are subject to valid existing
rights, and on lands along the Gila and San Francisco Rivers, decisions
are pending concerning the wild and scenic rivers designation as
recommended in the Final Arizona Statewide Wild and Scenic Rivers
Legislative Environmental Impact Statement, approved December 1994.
Upon publication in the Federal Register, application AR-030451 will be
cancelled and the records of the Bureau of Land Management
appropriately noted. Casefile AR-030451 will be closed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office,
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, (602) 640-0518.
Herman L. Kast,
Deputy State Director, Resource Planning, Use & Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-8526 Filed 4-6-95; 8:45 am]
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