[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12398]


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[Federal Register: May 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-010-4210-04; NMNM 025208]

 

Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Classification and 
Opening Order, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates Recreation and Public Purposes 
Classification NMNM 025208. The land will be opened to the public land 
laws generally, including the mining laws. The land has been and 
remains open to the mineral leasing laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Termination of the classification is effective May 20, 
1994. The land will be open to entry at 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taos Resource Area Office, Plaza Montevideo Building, 224 Cruz Alta 
Road, Taos, NM 87571-5983, 505-758-8851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1957, Recreation and Public Purposes 
Patent 1176422 issued to San Miguel County Board of Education for 
school grounds. The land was not being used for the purposes conveyed; 
therefore, San Miguel County Board of Education conveyed said land back 
to the United States.
    Pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of June 14, 
1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), and the regulations contained 
in 43 CFR 2461.5 (c)(2), Recreation and Public Purposes Classification 
NMNM 025208 is hereby terminated in its entirety and the segregation 
for the following described land is hereby terminated:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 10, lot 5.

    Containing 22.15 acres.


    The classification no longer serves a needed purpose as to the land 
described above, and is hereby terminated.
    At 8 a.m. on June 20, 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 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    At 8 a.m. on June 20, 1994, the land will be opened to location and 
entry under the United States mining 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 land 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: May 10, 1994.
Kathy Eaton,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-12398 Filed 5-19-94; 8:45 am]
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