[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9909]


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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-920-4210-06; NMNM 024939]

 

Notice of Proposed Continuation of Withdrawal; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
proposes that a 225.33-acre withdrawal for the Black Range and Mimbres 
Administrative Sites in the Gila National Forest continue for an 
additional 20 years. The lands will remain closed to mining, but will 
be opened to surface entry and to such forms of disposition as may by 
law be made of the National Forest System lands. The lands have been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments should be received by July 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-7502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Georgiana E. Armijo, BLM New Mexico State Office, 505-438-7594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, proposes that the existing land withdrawal made by 
Public Land Order No. 1413, be continued for a period of 20 years 
pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, U.S.C. 1714 (1988). The lands are described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Gila National Forest

Black Range Administrative Site

T. 16 S., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 17, lots 8, 9, 10, and 11 (exclusive of lands included in 
mineral patent).

Mimbres Administrative Site

T. 16 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 7, W\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 225.33 acres in Sierra and Grant 
Counties.

    The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Black Range and 
Mimbres Administrative Sites in the Gila National Forest. The 
withdrawal segregates the lands from operation of the public land laws 
generally, including the mining laws, but not the mineral leasing laws. 
No change is proposed in the purpose of the withdrawal, but the lands 
will be opened to surface entry and to such forms of disposition as may 
by law be made of the National Forest System lands.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal continuation may present their views in writing to 
the State Director in the New Mexico State Office.
    The authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management will 
undertake such investigations as are necessary to determine the 
existing and potential demand for the land and its resources. A report 
will also be prepared for consideration by the Secretary of the 
Interior, the President, and the Congress, who will determine whether 
or not the withdrawal will be continued, and if so, for how long.
    The final determination on the continuation of the withdrawal will 
be published in the Federal Register. The existing withdrawal will 
continue until such final determination is made.

    Dated: April 14, 1994.
Carol L. Sampson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-9909 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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