[Federal Register: May 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930; COC-48469]

 
Public Land Order No. 7485; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6846; CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends Public Land Order No. 6846 for an 
additional 10-year period. This extension is necessary to continue the 
protection of the Wild and Scenic River values in the South Platte 
River. These lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 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. Public Land Order No. 6846, which withdrew National Forest 
System lands to protect the Wild and Scenic River values in a 9-mile 
segment of the South Platte River corridor, is hereby extended for an 
additional 10-year period following its date of expiration.
    2. This withdrawal will expire 10 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: April 12, 2001.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
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