[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24806-24807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12322]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-950-1430-01; COC-54878]
Public Land Order No. 7195; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Land for the Hoosier Ridge Research Natural Area; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 684 acres of National
Forest System land from mining for 50 years to protect the unique
alpine ecosystem and associated plant life within the Hoosier Ridge
Research Natural Area (RNA), which was designated on December 12, 1995.
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: May 16, 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry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 the alpine ecosystem in the Hoosier Ridge
RNA.
Sixth Principal Meridian
Arapaho and Pike National Forests
T. 8 S., R. 77 W.,
The Hoosier Ridge RNA is an irregular-shaped area within secs.
7, 8, 17, and 18 of T. 8 S., R. 77 W., and contains approximately
684 acres and the following metes and bounds description reflects
the intent of the 1991 Establishment Record from a ``quasi-legal''
interpretation of said record. The area is described as follows:
Beginning at the cor. of secs. 7, 12, 13, and 18, in T. 8 S.,
Rgs. 77 and 78 W., 6th P.M., monumented with a granite stone, mkd.
as described in the official record of the 1882 survey of the West
Boundary of T. 8 S., R. 77 W., by Frank Koons.
From this cor., the centerline of State Highway 9 crossing
Hoosier Pass, bears Westerly for approximately 3200 ft. distance.
Thence approximately N. 20 deg. E., 719 ft. +-, to a steel post
located just above the Forest edge.
Thence approximately N. 81 deg. E., 4566 ft. +-, to a steel pipe
and cairn located on a rocky ridge.
Thence approximately S. 56 deg. E., 2454 ft. +-, to a cairn
located on a high point on the Continental Divide (approx. County
line).
Thence approximately N. 78 deg. E., 1638 ft. +-, to the highest
point located on an E-W portion of the Continental Divide (at the
12953 ft. level mkd. on the Alma 7.5' USGS quadrangle 1970).
Thence approximately S. 4 deg. E., 3234 ft. +-, to ``United
States Locating Monument No. 541, Mineral Survey District No. 3.''
monument & cairn, as described in the Field Notes of Mineral Survey
No. 541.
Thence approximately S. 82 deg. W., 2843 ft. +-, to a steel pipe
and cairn located on a broad grassy ridge separating Beaver Creek
from Platte River drainages.
Thence approximately N. 79 deg. W., 4459 ft. +-, to a rocky
point on a ridge.
Thence approximately N. 42 deg. W., 1716 ft. +-, to a cairn
located on the Continental Divide ridge.
Thence approximately N. 9 deg. W., 1168 ft. +-, to the cor. of
secs. 7, 12, 13, and 18, and place of beginning.
This RNA contains approximately 684 acres of which about half is
within the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest,
managed by the White River National Forest; and about half within the
South Park Ranger District in the Pike and San Isabel National Forest,
in Summit and Park Counties, Colorado. Maps of the area are available
at the address shown above.
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
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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: April 30, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-12322 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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