[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17796-17797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8526]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-930-1430-01, AR-030451]


Notice of Case Closure, Cancellation of Application to Withdraw 
Certain Public Lands in Graham and Greenlee Counties, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By letter, dated February 24, 1995, the Department of the 
Army, Corps of Engineers requested the withdrawal of pending 
application AR-030451. The application was for the withdrawal of public 
lands for the Camelsback Dam Flood Control Project which has since been 
deauthorized. Need for the land for project purposes is now nonexistent 
and the lands opened to filings, as listed below, subject to valid 
existing rights. The segregative effect resulting from AR-030451 was 
terminated by statute on October 20, 1991.
    On February 27, 1961, the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, filed 
application AR-030451 to withdraw approximately 13,232.43 acres of 
public land and minerals. Additionally, the application requested the 
withdrawal of Federal minerals under the non-public surface.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 5 S., R. 28 E.,
    *Sec. 36, SE\1/4\.
T. 6 S., R. 28 E.,
    *Sec. 1, Lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    *Sec. 2, S\1/2\;
    *Sec. 11, N\1/2\;
    *Sec. 12, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 7, W\1/2\E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, Lots 1, 5-16 inclusive, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\, and patented Mineral Survey 1029 B to 1033 B, inclusive;
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
T. 5 S., R. 29 E., (continued)
    *Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    *Sec. 22, N\1/2\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    *Sec. 25, Lots 2, 3, 5-16, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\; [[Page 17797]] 
    *Sec. 26, All;
    *Sec. 27, N\1/2\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    *Sec. 28, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    *Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    *Sec. 30, All;
    *Sec. 31, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\;
    *Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    *Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    *Sec. 36, Lots 1 and 2.
T. 6 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 6, NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\
T. 5 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 6, Lots 3-6, 8, 9, 12-17, 19, 20, 23 and 24, and Mineral 
Survey 1654 B;
    Sec. 7, Lots 1-4, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, Lots 2-4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, Lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
T. 6 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 1, Lots 5-12;
    Sec. 2, Lots 1-12;
    Sec. 3, Lots 1-7;
    Sec. 4, Lots 1-6, N 9.44 acres of Lot 7, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and the 
Gila River between the meander line of said lots of secs. 1, 2, 3, 
and 4.

    *Land descriptions following the asterisk are located wholly or 
partially within the boundaries of the Gila Box Riparian National 
Conservation Area.

    The areas described, include both public and non-public lands in 
the application and aggregate 13,232.43 acres, more or less, in 
Graham and Greenlee Counties.

    Under Title II of Public Law 101-628, (Arizona Desert Wilderness 
Act), a portion of the subject land was afforded continued protection 
by virtue of designation as the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation 
Area (NCA). This action withdrew all Federal lands within the NCA from 
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining 
laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto. This action negates any 
need to further withdraw the land.
    As a result of designation as the Gila Box Riparian NCA and 
deauthorization of the Camelsback Dam project, the Corps of Engineers 
requested withdrawal application AR-030451 be rescinded. All public 
land located outside the boundaries of the NCA are open to filings 
under the public land laws and the mining laws. It was opened to 
mineral leasing on February 28, 1982, (FR Vol. 47, No. 17, page 3623, 
January 26, 1982). Subsequent actions are subject to valid existing 
rights, and on lands along the Gila and San Francisco Rivers, decisions 
are pending concerning the wild and scenic rivers designation as 
recommended in the Final Arizona Statewide Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Legislative Environmental Impact Statement, approved December 1994. 
Upon publication in the Federal Register, application AR-030451 will be 
cancelled and the records of the Bureau of Land Management 
appropriately noted. Casefile AR-030451 will be closed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, 
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, (602) 640-0518.
Herman L. Kast,
Deputy State Director, Resource Planning, Use & Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-8526 Filed 4-6-95; 8:45 am]
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