97-12066. Public Land Order No. 7259; Transfer of Jurisdiction of Reserved Federal Mineral Interest to the National Park Service; Colorado

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25647-25648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12066]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-930-1430-01; COC-39555]


Public Land Order No. 7259; Transfer of Jurisdiction of Reserved 
Federal Mineral Interest to the National Park Service; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 442.25 acres of reserved Federal mineral 
interest and permanently transfers administrative jurisdiction to the 
National Park Service for management as a part of the Florissant Fossil 
Beds National Monument. The reserved Federal mineral interest is within 
the boundary of the Monument. This action will give the Park Service 
full management responsibility of the Monument and the transferred 
minerals will be managed under regulations appropriate to a national 
monument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 9, 1997.

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 administrative 
jurisdiction of the following described reserved Federal mineral 
interest located within the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is 
hereby transferred to the National Park Service:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 S., R. 70 W.,
    Sec. 18, lot 2;
    Sec. 19, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 23. S\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 442.25 acres in Teller County.

    2. The reserved Federal mineral interest described in paragraph 1 
is to be managed as a part of the Florissant

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Fossil Beds National Monument. The Monument is closed to operation of 
the public land laws, including the mining, mineral leasing, and other 
mineral entry laws.

    Dated: April 25, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-12066 Filed 5-8-97; 8:45 am]
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