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[FR Doc No: 94-13825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7061

[MT-930-4210-06; MTM 41636]

 

Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated September 20, 1904; 
Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it 
affects 55.36 acres of public land withdrawn for the Sun River 
Reclamation Project. The land is no longer needed for the purpose for 
which it was withdrawn and the revocation is needed to permit disposal 
of the land through exchange. This action will open the land to surface 
entry and mining. The land has been and remains open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2949.
    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. Secretarial Order dated October 17, 1903, which withdrew public 
land for the Sun River Reclamation Project, is hereby revoked insofar 
as it affects the following described land:

Principal Meridian

T. 20 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive.

    The area described contains 55.36 acres in Cascade County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on July 8, 1994, the land shall 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 9 a.m. on July 8, 1994, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m. on July 8, 1994, the land will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provision 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 attempting 
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 24, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-13825 Filed 6-7-94; 8:45 am]
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