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[FR Doc No: 94-27422]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7098

[AZ-930-1430-01; AZA-28652]

 

Partial Revocation of Presidential Proclamation of March 21, 
1917; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes the Presidential Proclamation of 
March 21, 1917, insofar as it affects 375.74 acres of public land 
withdrawn for classification purposes. The withdrawal is no longer 
needed, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of the land. 
This action will open the land to surface entry and nonmetalliferous 
mining, unless closed by overlapping withdrawals or temporary 
segregations of record. The land has been and will remain open to 
metalliferous mining and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 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 Presidential Proclamation of March 21, 1917, which withdrew 
land for classification purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described land:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\W\1/
2\.

    The area described contains 375.74 acres in Gila County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on December 7, 1994, the land will be opened to 
settlement, location, sale, or entry under the public land laws, 
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 December 7, 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 December 7, 1994, the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States nonmetalliferous 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: October 21, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-27422; Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
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