[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49480-49481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24144]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-960-1990-00-CCAM; MTM 84500]
Amendments to Proposed Withdrawal; Montana
AGENCY: Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
with concurrence from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
has amended the withdrawal petition and application for the proposed
Cooke City Area Mineral Withdrawal to include additional Federal lands,
non-Federal minerals within the withdrawal boundary which may be
acquired by the United States, and segregation from mineral leasing,
except oil and gas. This amendment will segregate the lands described
below from location and entry under the mining laws and the mineral
leasing laws, except oil and gas. This amendment will also segregate
those lands in the original application from the mineral leasing laws,
except oil and gas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comments should be sent to the Cooke City Area Mineral Withdrawal Team,
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, by December 19, 1996.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 1996, and September 13, 1996,
petition amendments were approved, and on September 16, 1996, an
application amendment was approved.
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These amend the original petition and application to include the
following Federal lands and non-Federal minerals within the withdrawal
boundary which may be acquired by the United States, and to withdraw
the following lands and those in the original petition from mineral
leasing, except oil and gas. The segregative period for all lands in
this proposed withdrawal remains the same.
Principal Meridian, Montana
Federal Lands--
T. 15 E.,
Sec. 32, that part of SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying outside of the
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary.
T. 9 S., R. 15 E.,
Sec. 21;
Sec. 22;
Sec. 23, lots 2 and 3, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and bed of Kersey
Lake riparian to lots 2 and 3;
Sec. 26, bed of Kersey lake riparian to NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and bed of Kersey
Lake riparian to lots 1 and 2;
Sec. 28, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 to 9, inclusive, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that part of lot 5
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying outside of the Absaroka-Beartooth
Wilderness boundary;
Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\,
and NW\1/4\, and that part of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ lying outside of
the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary;
Sec. 34, lot 4, and that part of lot 3 and W\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying
outside of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary.
The areas described aggregate approximately 2,965.00 acres.
Non-Federal Minerals--Approximately 4,158.00 acres--
All non-Federal minerals, if returned to Federal ownership,
would without further action become subject to the terms and
conditions of the subject withdrawal.
The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is for protection of the
watersheds within the drainages of the Clarks Fork of the
Yellowstone River, Soda Butte Creek, and the Stillwater River, and
the water quality and fresh water fishery resources within
Yellowstone National Park. The amendments are to include lands
identified during public scoping meetings and to meet the intent of
the New World Mine Agreement signed August 12, 1996, by Crown Butte
Mines, Inc., the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the United
States.
A withdrawal application, as amended, will be processed in
accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
Existing uses of the segregated lands may be continued except
for the location or relocation of mining claims during the pendency
of the segregative period, including but not limited to all legal
ingress and egress to valid mining claims and patented claims, all
rights-of-way, all access to non-Federal lands, all current
recreational uses, and all commercial uses requiring special use
permits.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-24144 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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