[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1546]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[ID-943-1430-01; IDI-14995C]


Order Providing for Opening of Public Land; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of classification and opening of public 
land.

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SUMMARY: This Order revokes the Recreation and Public Purpose 
Classification for the land in a Recreation and Public Purpose lease 
issued to Shoshone County for a sanitary landfill which has been 
closed. This order opens the land to the land and mining laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry R. Lievsay, BLM, Idaho State Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, 
Boise, Idaho 83706-2500, 208-384-3166.
    1. The Recreation and Public Purpose Classification on the 
following described land is hereby revoked:

Boise Meridian

T. 48 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 15, Portion of the N\1/2\NE\1/4\ described as follows:

    Beginning at a point west of the Polaris Peak Road on the north 
line of Sec. 15, S. 89 deg. 12' about 195 feet from the corner 
common to Sections 10, 11, 14 and 15.

From the initial point
    S. 89 deg. 12' W., along the north line of Sec. 15, 1220 feet;
    S. 0 deg. 12' E., on a line parallel to the east line of Sec. 
15, 600 feet;
    N. 89 deg. 12' E., on a line parallel to the north line of Sec. 
15, 775 feet, more or less to the point on the west side of the 
Polaris Peak road;
    Northeasterly along the west side of the Polaris Peak Road, 850 
feet, more or less to the point of beginning.

    The area described above contains 13.19 acres in Shoshone 
County.

    2. At 9:00 a.m. on February 21, 1995, the land described in 
paragraph 1 will be opened to the operation of the public land laws 
generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid 
applications received at or prior to 9:00 a.m. on February 21, 1995, 
shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those 
received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9:00 a.m. on February 21, 1995, the land described in 
paragraph 1 will be opened to location and entry under the United 
States mining laws. 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 adverse possession 
under 30 U.S.C. 38, 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: January 13, 1995.
M. William Weigand,
State Office Unit Leader for Realty Unit.
[FR Doc. 95-1546 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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