[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19042]
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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7074
[MT-930-4210-06; MTM 072057]
Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 4484, as Corrected by
Public Land Order No. 4535; Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a public land order insofar as it
affects 79.82 acres of National Forest System land withdrawn by the
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the Libby Dam Project
in the Kootenai National Forest. The land is no longer needed for the
purpose for which it was withdrawn. This action will permit the Forest
Service to dispose of the land through exchange. This action will open
the land to mining. The land has been and remains open to surface entry
and mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 6, 1994.
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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
1. Public Land Order No. 4484, as corrected by Public Land Order
No. 4535, which withdrew National Forest System land for the Department
of the Army, Corps of Engineers' Libby Dam Project, is hereby revoked
insofar as it affects the following described land:
Principal Meridian, Montana
Kootenai National Forest
T. 30 N., R. 26 W.,
Sec. 8, lot 6 and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 79.82 acres in Lincoln County.
2. At 9 a.m. on September 6, 1994, the land described above shall
be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of
National Forest System land, including 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 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 (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: July 18, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-19042 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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