[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15489]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
(CO-935-1430-01; COC-28635; COC-015744)
Public Land Order No. 7266; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of
the Federal Power Act in the Secretarial Order Dated May 13, 1929,
Which Established Powersite Classification No. 219, and in the
Secretarial Order Dated July 1, 1935, Which Established Power Project
No. 400; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of
the Federal Power Act, 234.47 acres of National Forest System lands
withdrawn by Secretarial orders which established Powersite
Classification No. 219 and Power Project No. 400. It has been
determined that the waterpower potential in this land will not be
damaged by disposal subject to Section 24 of the Federal Power Act.
This action will allow for consummation of Forest Service land
exchanges and retain the waterpower rights to the United States. All of
the lands continue to be segregated by other actions. The lands have
been and will remain open to mining under the provisions of the Mining
Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, and to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 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 the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818
(1988), and pursuant to the determination by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in DVCO-545 and DVCO-545-001, it is ordered as
follows:
1. At 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 1997, the following described National
Forest System land withdrawn by the Secretarial Order dated May 13,
1929, which established Powersite Classification No. 219, will be
opened to disposal subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the
Federal Power Act, and subject to valid existing rights, the provisions
of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the
requirements of applicable law:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
San Juan National Forest
T. 37 N., R. 8 W.,
Sec. 18, lots 10 and 11.
The area described contains 74.47 acres La Plata County.
2. At 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 1997, the following described National
Forest System land withdrawn by the Secretarial Order dated July 1,
1935, which established Power Project No. 400, will be opened to
disposal by Forest Service land exchange subject to the provisions of
section 24 of the Federal Power Act, and subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of applicable law:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
San Juan National Forest
T. 38 N., R. 9 W.,
Sec. 12, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 13, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 24, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 160 acres of National Forest
System lands in La Plata County.
3. The lands described in paragraphs 1 and 2 have been and will
remain open to location and entry under the United States mining laws,
subject to the provisions of the Act of August 11, 1955, 30 U.S.C. 621
(1988), and to applications and offers under the mineral leasing laws.
Dated: May 28, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-15489 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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