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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-120-1430-ET; NMNM 113684]
Public Land Order No. 7721; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Land for Water Canyon Recreation Area Expansion; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 65 acres of National Forest System land
from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a
period of 20 years on behalf of the Forest Service to protect the
expansion to the Water Canyon Recreation Area. The land has been and
will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of
National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.
DATES: Effective Date: January 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Socorro Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 901
S. Highway 85, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, and to the U.S. Forest
Service Supervisor, Cibola National Forest, 2113 Osuna Road, NE., Suite
A., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Williams, Cibola National Forest,
at the above address or at (505) 346-3869.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service will manage the land to
protect the unique recreational and historical values and the
investment of Federal funds at the Water Canyon Recreation Area. This
is an expansion of the original recreation area which was withdrawn by
Public Land Order No. 1155 (20 FR 3876 (1955)).
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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry
under the United States mining laws, (30 U.S.C. Ch.2 (2000)), to
protect the unique recreational and historical values and the
investment of Federal funds at the expansion of the Water Canyon
Recreation Area:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
Cibola National Forest
T. 3 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 27, S\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 65 acres in Socorro County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the
disposal of the mineral or vegetative resources other than under the
mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (2000), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: December 12, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-31244 Filed 12-31-08; 8:45 am]
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