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[FR Doc No: 94-1292]


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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43-CFR Public Land Order 7027

[CO-942-4210-06; COC-50893]

 

Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Future Expansion of Walker 
Field Airport; CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,163.46 acres of public lands from 
location and entry under the mining laws for up to 20 years for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to protect lands adjacent to the Walker 
Field Airport at Grand Junction, Colorado, in the interest of future 
airport expansion. The lands will remain open to mineral leasing and to 
management by the Bureau of Land Management.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7036, 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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under United States 
mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch.2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws, to protect the lands pending the future expansion 
of the Walker Field Airport:

Ute Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1, NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 1 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 2,163.46 acres in Garfield, 
County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. The United States Department of the Interior, through the Bureau 
of Land Management, retains the right to administer the lands under the 
general land laws.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: January 10, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-1292 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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