[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43411-43412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21707]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-930-1430-01; CAS 271, CAS 528, and CAS 1632]
Termination of Classifications of Public Lands and Opening Order;
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in their entirety, the following three
classifications, which classified public lands as follows: CAS 271 and
CAS 528--Unsuitable for public sale, and CAS 1632--Suitable for
multiple use management. Those lands, classified by CAS 1632, will be
opened to the operation of the public land laws including the mining
laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of
applicable law. All of the lands have been and remain open to the
operation of the mineral leasing laws. The terminations are necessary
to facilitate the completion of pending land exchanges.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Termination of the classifications are effective on
August 13, 1998. The public lands will be
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opened to entry at 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825-
0451; telephone number 916-978-4675.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1(a). CAS 271
T. 32 S., R. 16 E., MDM
Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 160 acres in San Luis Obispo County.
The above described land was classified as unsuitable for public
sale by a Classification Decision dated January 22, 1971. The land was
not segregated, therefore, an opening order is not required.
(b). CAS 528
T. 17 S., R. 28 E., MDM
Sec. 24, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
The area described contains 40 acres in Tulare County.
The above described land was classified as unsuitable for public
sale under the provisions of Sec. 2455 of Revised Statutes by a
Classification Decision dated November 2, 1976. The land was not
segregated, therefore, an opening order is not required.
(c). CAS 1632--Multiple Use Management
All public lands in:
T. 39 N., R. 5 E., MDM
Sec. 24.
T. 39 N., R. 6 E., MDM
Sec. 7.
T. 39 N., R. 7 E., MDM
Secs. 3, 4, 10, 11, and 15.
T. 40 N., R. 7 E., MDM
Secs. 14, 15, 23, and 26.
T. 39 N., R. 8 E., MDM
Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 15.
T. 40 N., R. 8 E., MDM
Sec. 32.
T. 39 N., R. 9 E., MDM
Sec. 13, SW\1/4\;
Secs. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, and 27.
The lands described aggregate approximately 6,150 acres in Modoc
County.
The public lands described above were classified for multiple use
management by a notice published in the Federal Register on December
20, 1969 (34 FR 20002), pursuant to the Act of September 19, 1964 (43
U.S.C. 1411-18). The lands were segregated from appropriation only
under the agricultural land laws (43 U.S.C. Chs. 7 and 9; 25 U.S.C.
sec. 334) and from sale under section 2455 of the Revised Statutes (43
U.S.C. 1171). The lands have remained open to all other applicable
forms of appropriation including the mining and mineral leasing laws.
2. Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and the regulations contained in
43 CFR 2091.7, CAS 271, CAS 528, and CAS 1632 are hereby terminated in
their entirety. The classifications no longer serve a needed purpose as
to the lands described above.
3. At 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998, the public lands, as described
above in paragraph 1(c) for CAS 1632, will be opened to the operation
of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing rights,
the provision of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record,
and the requirement of applicable law. All valid applications received
at or prior to 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998 shall be considered as
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be
considered in the order of filing.
Dated: August 14, 1998.
Elaine Marquis-Brong,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-21707 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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