[Federal Register: September 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 185)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

 
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 
has filed an application to withdraw approximately 27,299.50 acres of 
National Forest System land to protect the Guadalupe Cave Resource 
Protection Area. This notice segregates the land for 2 years from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from 
mineral leasing, subject to valid existing rights. The land will remain 
open to all other uses which may by law be made of National Forest 
System land. This application replaces withdrawal application NMNM 
92089 which has been canceled.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 23, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Forest 
Supervisor, Lincoln National Forest, 1101 New York Avenue, Alamogordo, 
NM 88310.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johnny Wilson, Lincoln National 
Forest, (505) 434-7230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 31, 1999, the United States 
Department of Agriculture filed an application to withdraw the 
following described National Forest System land from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, and from mineral leasing, subject 
to valid existing rights:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 36, lot 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 26 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 1, all;
    Sec. 2, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, all;
    Sec. 13, all;
    Sec. 14, all;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 22, all;
    Sec. 23, all;
    Sec. 24, all;
    Sec. 25, all;
    Sec. 26, all;
    Sec. 27, all;
    Sec. 28, all;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, lots 1, 2, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/2\.
T. 25 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\ and NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 22, all;
    Sec. 23, all;
    Sec. 26, all;
    Sec. 27, all;
    Sec. 28, all;
    Sec. 29, all;
    Sec. 31, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, all;
    Sec. 33, all;
    Sec. 34, all.
T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 3, all;
    Sec. 4, all;
    Sec. 5, all;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, all;
    Sec. 9, all;
    Sec. 10, all;
    Sec. 15, all;
    Sec. 16, all;
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.

    The area described contains approximately 27,299.50 acres in 
Eddy County.

    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections, in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present 
their views in writing to the Forest Supervisor, Lincoln National 
Forest, at the above address.
    Notice is hereby given that a public meeting in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal will be held at a later date. A notice of time and 
place will be published in the Federal Register and a newspaper in the 
general vicinity of the lands to be withdrawn at least 30 days before 
the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated as specified above 
unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date.
    The application, NMNM 92089 published in Federal Register, 59 FR 
4096, of January 28, 1994, has been canceled.

    Dated: September 14, 1999.
Stephen A. Jordan,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-24872 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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