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[FR Doc No: 94-12949]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-943-2300-02; GP4-151; OR-36786; 3-00151]

 

Order Providing for Opening of Land; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action will open 2.50 acres of land reconveyed to the 
United States under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to surface 
entry and mining. The land has been and continues to be open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, 503-280-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act of June 14, 1926, 44 Stat. 741, as amended and 
supplemented, 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq, the following described land was 
voluntarily reconveyed to the United States to be administered as 
public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management:

Willamette Meridian

T. 27 S., R. 31 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 5.
    The area described contains 2.50 acres in Harney County.

    At 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1994, the above described land will be 
opened to operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and the 
requirements of applicable law. All valid existing applications 
received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1994, will be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter will be 
considered in the order of filing.
    At 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1994, the above described land will be 
opened to location and entry under the United States mining laws. 
Appropriation 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. Section 38, 
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.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Minerals Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-12949 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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