[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16384-16385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7813]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7128
[UT-942-1430-01; UTU-2036, UTU-4061, UTU-42919]
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 5327, Public Land Order
No. 4522, and Secretarial Order of June 11, 1943; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive order, a Secretarial order,
and a public land order insofar as they affect 828.13 acres withdrawn
for protection of oil shale resources (798.13 acres) and a first form
reclamation withdrawal (30 acres). The lands are no longer needed for
these purposes and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of the
lands through public sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976. This action will open the lands to surface
entry and mining unless closed by overlapping withdrawals or temporary
segregations of record. The lands have been and will remain open to
mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Massey, BLM Utah State Office,
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155, 801-539-4119.
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. Executive Order No. 5327 and Public Land Order No. 4522, which
withdrew public land for protection of oil shale and associated values,
are hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described lands:
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 5 S., R. 19 E.,
Sec. 12, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 7 S., R. 19 E.,
Sec. 1, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\,
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 7 S., R. 20 E., [[Page 16385]]
Sec. 5, lots 3 and 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2;
Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 798.13 acres in Uintah County.
2. Secretarial Order, dated June 11, 1943, which withdrew public
land for the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project, for the Bureau of
Reclamation, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following
described land:
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 3 S., R. 22 E.,
Sec. 11, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
The area described contains 30 acres in Uintah County.
3. At 9 a.m. on May 1, 1995, the lands described in paragraphs 1
and 2 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 9 a.m.
on May 1, 1995 shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of
filing.
4. At 9 a.m. on May 1, 1995, the lands described in paragraphs 1
and 2 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 lands
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: March 21, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-7813 Filed 3-29-95; 8:45 am]
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