[Federal Register: January 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 5)]
[Notices]
[Page 1465-1466]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM110-1430-ET; NMNM 94904]
Public Land Order No. 7622; Partial Revocation of Public Land
Order No. 7291; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes Public Land Order No. 7291
insofar as it affects 514.15 acres of public lands and 428.30 acres of
federally reserved mineral interest underlying private surface estate
withdrawn to protect an area having potential for the development of
humate.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field
Office, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, (505) 761-8700.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The partial revocation is needed to reinstate
a
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mining claim located on the subject lands and settle ongoing
litigation.
Order
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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
1. Public Land Order No. 7291, is hereby revoked insofar as it
affects the following described public lands withdrawn to protect an
area having potential for development of humate:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,
Sec. 4, lots 1 and 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 514.30 acres in Sandoval County.
2. Public Land Order No. 7291, is hereby revoked insofar as it
affects the federally reserved mineral interests in the following
described lands withdrawn to protect an area having potential for
development of humate:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,
Sec. 4, lot 2;
Sec. 9, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 428.30 acres in Sandoval County.
3. At 10 a.m. on February 7, 2005, the lands described in paragraph
1 will be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally,
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m.
on February 7, 2005, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order
of filing.
4. At 10 a.m. on February 7, 2005, the lands described in
paragraphs 1 and 2 will be opened to 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 any of the 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 (2000), 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: December 20, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-326 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]