[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30613-30614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14486]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-930-1430-01; CACA 7021 et al.]
Public Land Order No. 7262; Modification and Revocation of 19
Secretarial Orders, 3 Public Land Orders, and 2 Bureau of Land
Management Orders, which withdrew lands for the Bureau of Reclamation;
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This order modifies 10 Secretarial orders, 2 Public Land
Orders, and 1 Bureau of Land Management Order to establish a 25-year
term as to 133,310.80 acres of lands withdrawn for the Bureau of
Reclamation. These lands have been and will remain closed to surface
entry and mining, but have been and will remain open to mineral
leasing. This order also revokes 18 Secretarial Orders, 1 Public Land
Order, and 1 Bureau of Land Management Order insofar as they affect
482,797.32 acres of lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation. All
of the lands are located in the California Desert Conservation Area as
defined by Section 601 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1781(c) (1988). Of the 482,797.32 acres being revoked,
468,051.40 acres will be opened to surface entry and mining unless
closed by overlapping withdrawals or temporary segregations of record.
The remaining 14,745.92 acres have been and will remain closed to
surface entry and mining because those lands are included in necessary,
overlapping withdrawals for the Bureau of Reclamation that are being
modified by this order. The lands being opened to mining by this order
are located in the California Desert Conservation Area and will be
administered in accordance with the Guidelines for Mineral Exploration
and Development contained in the Bureau of Land Management's California
Desert Conservation Area Plan, as amended, and 43 CFR 3802 and 3809.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825;
916-979-2858.
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. The following 10 Secretarial orders, 2 Public Land Orders, and 1
Bureau of Land Management Order are hereby modified to expire 25 years
from the effective date of this order, unless, as a result of a review
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 withdrawals shall be extended
insofar as they affect the lands described in a public notice published
in the Federal Register on March 3, 1992 (57 FR 7599), as corrected by
three correction notices published on May 4, 1992 (57 FR 19135 and 57
FR 19163) and May 26, 1993 (58 FR 30181):
(a) Secretarial Order dated October 24, 1944 (CACA 7074);
(b) Secretarial Order dated October 16, 1931 (CACA 7101);
(c) Secretarial Order dated February 19, 1929 (CACA 7103);
(d) Secretarial Order dated January 31, 1903 (CACA 7231);
(e) Secretarial Order dated April 2, 1909 (CACA 7232);
(f) Secretarial Order dated February 28, 1918 (CACA 7234);
(g) Secretarial Order dated March 15, 1919 (CACA 7235);
(h) Secretarial Order dated October 19, 1920 (CACA 7236);
(i) Secretarial Order dated July 26, 1929 (CACA 7238);
(j) Secretarial Order dated June 4, 1930 (CACA 7239);
(k) Public Land Order 3262 dated October 29, 1963 (CARI 01051);
(l) Public Land Order 4690 dated September 15, 1969 (CARI 07752);
(m) Bureau of Land Management Order dated July 23, 1947 (CACA
7073).
The areas described within the above Secretarial orders, public
land orders, and the Bureau of Land Management order aggregate
133,310.80 acres in Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties,
California.
The lands referenced above continue to be withdrawn from
settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws,
including the mining laws, to protect the Bureau of Reclamation's
Colorado River Storage Project, All American Canal Project, Senator
Wash Pump Storage Project, and Yuma Reclamation Project. These lands
have been and will remain open to leasing under the mineral leasing
laws.
2. The following 18 Secretarial Orders, 1 Public Land Order, and 1
Bureau of Land Management Order are hereby revoked insofar as they
affect the lands located in the California Desert Conservation Area, as
defined by Section 601 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C.
[[Page 30614]]
1781(c) (1988), but not described in the Federal Register public notice
or correction notices described in paragraph 1 above:
(a) Secretarial Order dated June 4, 1931 (CACA 7021);
(b) Secretarial Order dated March 26, 1931 (CACA 7056);
(c) Secretarial Order dated September 8, 1903 (CACA 7060);
(d) Secretarial Order dated July 1, 1904 (CACA 7063);
(e) Secretarial Order dated August 19, 1932 (CACA 7069);
(f) Secretarial Order dated October 16, 1931 (CACA 7101);
(g) Secretarial Order dated July 2, 1902 (CACA 7102);
(h) Secretarial Order dated February 19, 1929 (CACA 7103);
(i) Secretarial Order dated January 31, 1903 (CACA 7231);
(j) Secretarial Order dated April 2, 1909 (CACA 7232);
(k) Secretarial Order dated February 16, 1918 (CACA 7233);
(l) Secretarial Order dated February 28, 1918 (CACA 7234);
(m) Secretarial Order dated March 15, 1919 (CACA 7235);
(n) Secretarial Order dated October 19, 1920 (CACA 7236);
(o) Secretarial Order dated December 13, 1920 (CACA 7237);
(p) Secretarial Order dated July 26, 1929 (CACA 7238);
(q) Secretarial Order dated June 4, 1930 (CACA 7239);
(r) Secretarial Order dated September 10, 1940 (CACA 7240);
(s) Public Land Order 3330 dated February 10, 1964 (CARI 02052);
(t) Bureau of Land Management Order dated April 5, 1956 (CACA
7241).
The areas described within the above Secretarial orders, public
land order, and Bureau of Land Management order aggregate 482,797.32
acres in Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, California.
3. At 10 a.m. on July 7, 1997, the lands referenced in paragraph 2
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 10 a.m.
on July 7, 1997, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of
filing.
4. At 10 a.m. on July 7, 1997, the lands referenced in paragraph 2
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 lands referenced in
paragraph 2 of 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 28, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-14486 Filed 6-3-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-40-P
