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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7077

[AZ-930-4210-06; AZA-13398, AZA-13401, AZA-13402]

 

Partial Revocation of Secretarial Orders dated July 2, 1902, 
March 14, 1929, and September 30, 1904; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes three Secretarial orders insofar 
as they affect 51.66 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Colorado River Survey, and the Colorado River Storage and 
Yuma Projects. 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it was withdrawn, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of 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 the Bureau of Land Management's land exchange program. 
This action will open the land to surface entry and mining, unless 
closed by overlapping withdrawals or temporary segregations of record. 
The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, 
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, 602-650-0509.
    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) as amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Secretarial Orders dated July 2, 1902, March 14, 1929, and 
September 30, 1904, which withdrew land for the Bureau of Reclamation's 
Colorado River Survey, and the Colorado River Storage and Yuma 
Projects, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the following 
described land:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 9 S., R. 23 W.,
    Sec. 29, lot 2, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 51.66 acres in Yuma County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on September 22, 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 10 a.m. on September 22, 1994 shall be 
considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 10 a.m. on September 22, 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: August 11, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-20576 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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