[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 28541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13375]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7144

[NM-030-1430-01; NMNM 83840]


Withdrawal of Public Land for The Box Special Management Area; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 39.95 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 and natural values in a 
portion of The Box Special Management Area. The land has been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois A. Bell, BLM Socorro Resource 
Area, 198 Neel Avenue, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, 505-835-0412.
    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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 the recreational, scenic and natural values 
within The Box Special Management Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 31, lot 18.

    The area described contains 39.95 acres in Socorro County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
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: May 12, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-13375 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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