[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10992]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7138

[CO-930-1920-00-4355; COC-51843]


Transfer of Public Land for the Slick Rock Disposal Site; 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order permanently transfers 61.25 acres of public land to 
the Department of Energy in accordance with the terms of the Uranium 
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7916 (1988)), as 
amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
7916 (1988)), as amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby permanently transferred to the Department of Energy, and 
as a result of this transfer, the land is no longer subject to the 
operation of the general land laws, including the mining and the 
mineral leasing laws, for the Slick Rock Disposal Site:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 44 N., R. 18 W.,
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW, N\1/2\S\1/
2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 61.25 acres of public 
land in San Miguel County.

    2. The transfer of the above-described land to the Department of 
Energy vests in that Department full management, jurisdiction, 
responsibility, and liability for such land and all activities 
conducted therein, except as provided in paragraph 3.
    3. The Secretary of the Interior shall retain the authority to 
administer any existing claims, rights, and interests in this land 
established before the effective date of the transfer.

    Dated: April 21, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-10992 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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