[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17120]


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[Federal Register: July 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7067

[NM-920-4210-06; NMNM 88049]

 

Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Guadalupe 
Canyon Zoological Botanical Area; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,980.08 acres of National Forest System 
land from mining for a period of 50 years to protect the unique flora 
and fauna and critical habitat for threatened and endangered plants and 
animals within the Guadalupe Canyon Zoological Botanical Area. Most of 
the land lies within the Bunk Robinson Wilderness Study Area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgiana E. Armijo, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, P.O.Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-7594.
    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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
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 unique 
flora and fauna and critical habitat for threatened and endangered 
plants and animals within the Guadalupe Canyon Zoological Botanical 
Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Coronado National Forest

T. 33 S., R. 21 W.,
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 33 S., R. 22 W.,
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\, E\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\E\1/2\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/2\SE\1/2\.

The area described contains 3,980.08 acres in Hidalgo County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the National 
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the 
disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under the 
mining laws.
    3. 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: July 1, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-17120 Filed 7-13-94; 8:45 am]
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