[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36392-36393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17044]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-924-1430-01; SDM 42963 and SDM 43040]
Public Land Order No. 7398; Partial Revocation of Secretarial
Orders Dated March 4, 1904 and April 9, 1914; South Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes two Secretarial orders insofar as
they affect 51.62 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau of
Reclamation's Belle Fourche Reclamation Project. The lands are no
longer needed for this purpose and the revocation is needed to permit
disposal of the lands through exchange. This action will open 11.52
acres to surface entry and 40 acres to surface entry and mining,
subject to temporary segregations of record. The lands have been and
will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office,
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2949.
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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
1. The Secretarial Orders dated March 4, 1904 and April 9, 1914,
which withdrew public lands for the Bureau of
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Reclamation's Belle Fourche Reclamation Project, are hereby revoked
insofar as they affect the following described lands:
Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota
(a) T. 7 N., R. 8 E.,
Sec. 7, lot 6.
(b) T. 8 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 20, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 51.62 acres in Butte and Meade
Counties.
2. At 9 a.m. on August 5, 1999, the lands described in paragraph
1(a) and 1(b) 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 9 a.m.
on August 5, 1999, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of
filing.
3. At 9 a.m. on August 5, 1999, the lands described in paragraph
1(a) 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 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 (1994), 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: June 8, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-17044 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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