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[Federal Register: September 30, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7089

[CO-930-4210-06; COC-54072]

 

Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Purgatory Ski 
Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,360.78 acres of National Forest System 
land from mining for 50 years to protect recreational resources and 
facilities at the Purgatory Ski Area. The land has been and remains 
open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National 
Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
    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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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)) for 
protection of the Purgatory Ski Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

San Juan National Forest

T. 39 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 22, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 through 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lot 10.

    A parcel described by metes and bounds within sec. 24, beginning 
at corner No. 1, being the southwest corner of sec. 24, T. 39 N., R. 
9 W., described as follows:

From Corner No. 1, by metes and bounds,
    S. 89 deg.25' E., 661.98 ft.;
    N. 1 deg.03'05'' W., 65.84 ft.;
    N. 89 deg.24'28'' W., 661.86 ft.;
    S. 1 deg.00'37'' E., 65.84 ft. to corner No. 1, the place of 
beginning.

    A parcel described by metes and bounds within secs. 21, 26, 27, 
and 28; Beginning at corner No. 1, being the \1/4\-corner of secs. 
21 and 22, T. 39 N., R. 9 W., described as follows:
From Corner No. 1, by metes and bounds,
    S. 88 deg.50'23' W., 2481.30 ft, on the E-W centerline of sec. 
21;
    S. 0 deg.07' W., 1,282.19 ft.;
    S. 32 deg.10' E., 3,132.00 ft.;
    S. 68 deg.17' E., 2,585.32 ft.;
    N. 80 deg.12' E., 2,343.21 ft.;
    S. 82 deg.04' E., 1,723.00 ft.,
    S. 60 deg.04' E., 1,939.00 ft.;
    S. 82 deg.45' E., 2,070.00 ft.,
    N. 41 deg.04' E., 3,350.00 ft.,
    N. 0 deg.53' W., 1,903.12 ft. to the northeast corner of sec. 
26;
    S. 84 deg.27' W., 5,782.26 ft. to the northwest corner of sec. 
26;
    S. 85 deg.33' W., 5,767.74 ft. to the northwest corner of sec. 
27;
    N. 0 deg.05' W., 2,583.90 ft. to corner No. 1, the point of 
beginning.

    The area described contains approximately 2,360.78 acres in La 
Plata County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of 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: September 26, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-24267 Filed 9-29-94; 8:45 am]
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