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[FR Doc No: 94-12077]


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[Federal Register: May 18, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7052

[NM-010-4210-06; NMNM 87650]

 

Withdrawal of Public Land and Federal Minerals for the Tent Rocks 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,113.06 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining, and 440 acres of federally reserved mineral 
interests underlying private surface estate from mining, for a period 
of 50 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the unique 
geological formations of the Tent Rocks Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern. The land has been and remains open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debby Lucero, BLM Rio Puerco Resource Area, 435 Montano NE, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 505-761-8700.
    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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the Bureau of Land Management's Tent Rocks 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 16 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\.
T. 17 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 27, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 29, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 31, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, lots 2 to 5, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\.

    The area described contains 4,113.06 acres in Sandoval County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the federally reserved mineral 
interests in the following described land are hereby withdrawn from 
mining under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), 
but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
Bureau of Land Management's Tent Rocks Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 17 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\.

    The area described contains 440 acres in Sandoval County.

    3. The surface estate of the land described in paragraph 2 is non-
Federal. If the United States subsequently acquires this land, the land 
will be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal.
    4. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of its 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    5. This withdrawal will expire 50 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: May 4, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-12077 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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