[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11668]


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[Federal Register: May 13, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-930-4210-06; AZA-13401, AZA-13406, AZA-439]

43 CFR Public Land Order 7045

 

Partial Revocation of Secretarial Orders Dated October 22, 1919, 
and March 14, 1929, and Executive Order No. 8685; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes the Secretarial orders dated 
October 22, 1919, and March 14, 1929, and Executive Order No. 8685, 
insofar as they affect 3.75 acres of public land withdrawn for the 
Colorado River and Yuma Storage Projects and the Imperial National 
Wildlife Refuge. The land is no longer serving the purposes for which 
it was withdrawn, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of 
the land to the State of Arizona as partial compensation in a 
condemnation action under Title V of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act 
of 1988, 16 U.S.C. 460xx (1988), commonly referred to as the Santa Rita 
Legislation. This action will open the land to mineral leasing and 
surface entry and mining, unless closed by other withdrawals or 
segregations of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, 
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, 602-650-0509.
    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), and the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of October 15, 1966, 16 U.S.C. 668dd (1988), as 
amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Secretarial Orders dated October 22, 1919, and March 14, 
1929, which withdrew land for the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado 
River and Yuma Storage Projects and Executive Order No. 8685, which 
withdrew land for the Fish and Wildlife Service's Imperial National 
Wildlife Refuge, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the 
following described land:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 5 S., R. 22 W.,
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 3.75 acres in Yuma County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on June 13, 1994, the land 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 June 13, 1994 shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 10 a.m. on June 13, 1994 the lands will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws and to the operation of 
the mineral leasing 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 (1988), 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: April 22, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-11668 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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