[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12398]
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[Federal Register: May 20, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-010-4210-04; NMNM 025208]
Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Classification and
Opening Order, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice terminates Recreation and Public Purposes
Classification NMNM 025208. The land will be opened to the public land
laws generally, including the mining laws. The land has been and
remains open to the mineral leasing laws.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Termination of the classification is effective May 20,
1994. The land will be open to entry at 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taos Resource Area Office, Plaza Montevideo Building, 224 Cruz Alta
Road, Taos, NM 87571-5983, 505-758-8851.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1957, Recreation and Public Purposes
Patent 1176422 issued to San Miguel County Board of Education for
school grounds. The land was not being used for the purposes conveyed;
therefore, San Miguel County Board of Education conveyed said land back
to the United States.
Pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of June 14,
1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), and the regulations contained
in 43 CFR 2461.5 (c)(2), Recreation and Public Purposes Classification
NMNM 025208 is hereby terminated in its entirety and the segregation
for the following described land is hereby terminated:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 13 N., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 10, lot 5.
Containing 22.15 acres.
The classification no longer serves a needed purpose as to the land
described above, and is hereby terminated.
At 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994, the land will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications
received at or prior to 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994, shall be considered as
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be
considered in the order of filing.
At 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994, the land will be opened to location and
entry 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
determinations in local courts.
Dated: May 10, 1994.
Kathy Eaton,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-12398 Filed 5-19-94; 8:45 am]
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