[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 230 (Thursday, December 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29587]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-930-1430-01; MTM 79331]

 

Notice of Conveyance of Certain Lands and Order Providing for 
Opening of Public Land in Valley County, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order will open land conveyed to the United States in an 
exchange under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (FLPMA), to the operation of the public land laws. 
The land that was acquired in the exchange provides legal yearlong 
access to isolated public land on Timber Creek and the east side of the 
Burnt Lodge Wilderness Study Area. No minerals were exchanged by either 
party. The public interest was well served through completion of this 
exchange.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2949.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to 
Section 206 of FLPMA, the following described land was transferred to 
Horse Ranch Inc.:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 24 N., R. 34 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    Containing 151.04 acres in Valley County.

    2. In the exchange for the above selected land, the United States 
acquired the following described surface estate from The Horse Ranch, 
Inc.:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 25 N., R. 34 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 150.02 acres in Valley County.

    3. At 9 a.m. on March 6, 1995, the lands described in paragraph 2 
above that were conveyed to the United States will be opened only to 
the operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid 
existing rights, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid 
applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. on March 6, 1995, shall be 
considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in order of filing.

    Dated: November 23, 1994.
John E. Moorhouse,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and Renewable 
Resources.
[FR Doc. 94-29587 Filed 11-30-94; 8:45 am]
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