[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7814]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7127
[UT-942-1430-01; UTU-71781]
Withdrawal of Public Land for Westwater Canyon of the Colorado
River; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,710 acres of public land from surface
entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land
Management to protect the recreational, scenic, geologic, cultural, and
fish and wildlife values of the Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River.
The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, to protect a Bureau of Land Management recreation area:
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 21 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 24, lots 11 to 21, inclusive, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 25, lot 2 and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 20 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 22, lots 1, 2, and 4 to 8, inclusive, and E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, lots 7 and 8, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 26, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 34, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 21 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\,
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, and W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 1 and 5;
Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 9, lots 1 to 15, inclusive, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 10, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 16, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 17, lots 1, 2, 3, and 5 to 12, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 18, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 6 to 13, inclusive, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 20, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, and W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lot 1 and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Unsurveyed lands in the Colorado River bed, in the area
described above, are included in this order. The area described
contains approximately 4,710 acres in Grand County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands
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: March 21, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-7814 Filed 3-29-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-DQ-P