[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1846]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-060-04-4760-01-(605); NMNM 92089]


Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; New 
Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice--withdrawal application.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
has filed an application to withdraw 24,780.65 acres of National Forest 
System land for protection of the Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness Study 
Area. This notice closes the land for up to two (2) years from location 
and entry under the United States mining laws. The land will remain 
open to all other uses which may by law be made of National Forest 
System land.

DATES: Comments and requests for meetings should be received on or 
before April 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the New 
Mexico State Director (92313), BLM, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-7115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 17, 1993, 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, from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Lincoln National Forest

T. 25 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 13, ALL;
    Sec. 14 SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, ALL;
    Sec. 26, ALL;
    Sec. 27, ALL;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, E\1/2\E\1/2\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, ALL;
    Sec. 33, ALL;
    Sec. 34, ALL;
T. 26 S., R 21 E.,
    Sec. 1, ALL;
    Sec. 2, E\1/2\, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, ALL;
    Sec. 12, ALL;
    Sec. 13, ALL;
    Sec. 14, ALL;
    Sec. 15, ALL;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\;
    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, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, Lots 1, 2;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\N\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\N\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
    Sec. 36, N\1/2\N\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 3, ALL;
    Sec. 4, ALL;
    Sec. 5, ALL;
    Sec. 6, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4;
    Sec. 8, ALL;
    Sec. 9, ALL;
    Sec. 10, ALL;
    Sec. 15, ALL;
    Sec. 16, ALL;
    Sec. 17, ALL;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4.
    The area described contains approximately 24,780.65 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 New Mexico State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the New Mexico 
State Director within 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the Federal Register 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 part 2300.
    For a period of 2 (two) 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 temporary uses which 
will be permitted during this segregative period are any land uses, 
except location under the mining laws, permitted by the Forest Service 
under existing laws and regulations.


    Dated: January 19, 1994.
Leslie M. Cone,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-1846 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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