[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22687]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
(CO-930-1430-01; COC-096885, COC-28267)
Public Land Order No. 7409; Revocation of Bureau of Reclamation
Withdrawals; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Secretarial order and a public land order
which withdrew National Forest System lands for the Bureau of
Reclamation's West Divide Project and the Bureau of Reclamation's
Colorado-Big Thompson Project. These lands are no longer needed for
reclamation purposes. This action will open 1,299.64 acres to such
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System
lands and to mining. The lands have been and will remain open to
mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1999.
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 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 Order dated December 8, 1942, which withdrew
National Forest System lands for the Bureau of Reclamation Haystack
Reservoir Site of the West Divide Project and Public Land Order No.
3359, as amended by Public Land Order No. 3478, which withdrew National
Forest System lands for the Bureau of Reclamation Green Mountain
Afterbay and Dam of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, are hereby
revoked in their entireties:
Sixth Principal Meridian
White River National Forest
T. 2 S., R. 80 W.,
Sec. 3, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T.9 S., R. 91 W.,
Sec. 13, lot 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\.
Sec. 14, lot 10;
Sec. 23, lots 1, 4, and 8:
Sec. 24, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 25, N\1/2\N\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 1,299.64 acres in Mesa and Summit
Counties.
2. At 9:00 a.m. on October 1, 1999, the lands shall be opened to
such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest
System lands, 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 lands 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: August 12, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-22687 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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