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[FR Doc No: 94-15727]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-920-4210-06; NMNM 012318]

 

Notice of Proposed Continuation of Withdrawal; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
proposes that a 715.02-acre withdrawal for the Ben Lilly, Ben Lilly 
Monument, Indian Creek, Iron Creek Forest Camp, Little Walnut Picnic 
Ground, Negrito Tower Picnic Ground, Pine Flat, Upper and Lower Black 
Canyon Campground, Whitewater Forest Camp, Willow Creek, and Wright's 
Cabin Forest Camp Recreation Areas; and Glenwood Ranger Station, Signal 
Peak, Snow Creek, White Creek, and Willow Creek Administrative Sites, 
all in the Gila National Forest, continue for an additional 20 years. 
The lands will remain closed to mining, but will be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of the National Forest 
System lands. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing.

DATES: Comments should be received by September 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments would be sent to State Director, BLM New Mexico 
Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-7502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Georgiana E. Armijo, BLM New Mexico State Office, 505-438-7594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, proposes that the existing land withdrawal made by 
Public Land Order No. 1119, be continued for a period of 20 years 
pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988).

    The land is described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Gila National Forest

Iron Creek Forest Camp Recreation Area (60 acres)

T. 16 S., R. 9 W., (unsurveyed)
    Sec. 18, S\1/2\ S\1/2\ SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, N\1/2\ N\1/2\ N\1/2\ NE\1/4\.

Upper and lower Black Canyon Campground Recreation Area (206.44 
acres)

T. 13 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1 and 2.
T. 13 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\ N\1/2\ NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\ NE\1/4\.

Signal Peak Administrative Site (40 acres)

T. 16 S., R. 13 W.,
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\.

Little Walnut Picnic Ground Recreation Area (160 acres)

T. 17 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\ SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\ N\1/2\ SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\ N\1/2\ NE\1/4\.

Willow Creek Administrative Site (78.75 acres)

T. 10 S., R. 17 W.,
    Sec. 34, That portion lying outside of the Gila Wilderness 
described as E\1/2\ SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\, S\1/2\ NE\1/4\ 
NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\ NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\ SW\1/4\ NE\1/4\.

Whitewater Picnic and Day Use Area (formerly Whitewater Forest Camp 
Recreation Area) (55.10 acres)

T. 11 S., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 18, and the S\1/2\ of lot 19.

Glenwood Ranger Station Administrative Site (114.73 acres)

T. 11 S., R. 20 W.,
    Sec. 26, lot 6;
    Sec. 27, lot 5;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\ NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 715.02 acres in Catron and Grant 
Counties.

    The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Ben Lilly, Ben 
Lilly Monument, Indian Creek, Iron Creek Forest Camp, Little Walnut 
Picnic Ground, Negrito Tower Picnic Ground, Pine Flat, Upper and Lower 
Black Canyon Campground, Whitewater Forest Camp, Willow Creek, and 
Wright's Cabin Forest Camp Recreation Areas; and Glenwood Ranger 
Station, Signal Peak, Snow Creek, White Creek, and Willow Creek 
Administrative Sites, all in the Gila National Forest. The withdrawal 
segregates the land from settlement, sale, location, and entry, 
including location and entry under the mining laws, but not the mineral 
leasing laws. No change is proposed in the purpose of the withdrawal, 
but the lands will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law 
be made of the National Forest System lands, and will remain closed to 
mining.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal continuation may present their views in writing to 
the State Director in the New Mexico State Office.
    The authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management will 
undertake such investigations as are necessary to determine the 
existing and potential demand for the land and its resources. A report 
will also be prepared for consideration by the Secretary of the 
Interior, the President, and the Congress, who will determine whether 
or not the withdrawal will be continued and, if so, for how long. The 
final determination of the continuation of the withdrawal will be 
published in the Federal Register. The existing withdrawal will 
continue until such final determination is made.

    Dated: June 20, 1994.
William C. Calkins,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-15727 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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