[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42792-42793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20328]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7152

[CO-935-1430-01; COC-55542]


Withdrawal of Public Lands and Reserved Federal Minerals for 
Protection of Scenic and Recreational Values in the Ruby Canyon of the 
Colorado River; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 8,170.49 acres of public lands and 20 
acres of reserved Federal mineral interest from the operation of the 
public land laws, including the mining laws. The withdrawal is for 20 
years to protect scenic and recreational values in the Ruby Canyon of 
the Colorado River. This order also identifies 731 acres of privately 
owned lands within the interior of the canyon which would become 
subject to the withdrawal if they should pass into Federal ownership. 
The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 17, 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 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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 scenic and recreational values in the Ruby 
Canyon of the Colorado River:

Ute Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 6, lots 6 and 8;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lot 4;
    Sec. 17, lot 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 1, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 103 W.,
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 2, 3, 6, 7, and W\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, lots 2 to 9, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;

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    Sec. 16, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lots 2, 3, 5 to 9, inclusive, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 to 11, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, E\1/
2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 3, 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lot 1.
T. 10 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/
2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\W\1/
2\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 8,170.49 acres in Mesa County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the reserved Federal mineral 
interest for the following described privately owned land is hereby 
withdrawn from the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C, Ch. 2 (1988)), 
but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 20 acres in Mesa County.

    3. The following described privately owned lands are within the 
exterior boundary of the proposed withdrawal. If these lands are 
subsequently acquired by the United States, this withdrawal would 
attach to these lands:

Ute Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 16, lot 1;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 to 3, inclusive.

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 103 W.,
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 4, 5, and 8;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 and 4;
    Sec. 18, a portion of mineral patent 18783;
    Sec. 19, a portion of mineral patent 18783.
T. 10 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 24, a portion of mineral patent 18783;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 731 acres in Mesa County.

    4. 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.
    5. This withdrawal will expire 20 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: August 4, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-20328 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]
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