[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45372-45373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21580]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7157

[ID-943-1430-01; IDI-08955-01, IDI-08932-02, IDI-14647-02]


Partial Revocation of Public Land Order Nos. 1992 and 2588, and 
Bureau of Land Management Order Dated January 28, 1952; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes two public land orders and one Bureau of 
Land Management order insofar as they affect 4,522.17 acres of public 
lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Snake River and 
Mountain Home Reclamation Projects. The lands are no longer needed for 
this purpose, and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of the 
lands through sale and exchange. This action will open the lands to 
surface entry and mining. The lands have been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State 
Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706-2500, 208-384-3166.
    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. Public Land Order No. 1992, which withdrew public lands for the 
Bureau of Reclamation's Snake River project, is hereby revoked insofar 
as it affects the following described lands:

Boise Meridian

T. 5 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 4, lot 5;
    Sec. 9, lots 4, 9, and 10, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 165.32 acres in Elmore County.

    2. Public Land Order No. 2588, which withdrew public lands for the 
Bureau of Reclamation's Snake River Project, is hereby revoked insofar 
as it affects the following described lands:

Boise Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 262.10 acres in Elmore County.

    3. The Bureau of Land Management Order dated January 28, 1952, 
which withdrew public lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's Mountain 
Home Project, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following 
described lands:

Boise Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 1, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lot 1;
    Sec. 3, lots 2 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\.
T. 1 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 6 and 7, W\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\ and W\1/2\W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, S\1/2\.
T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 6 and 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4.

    The area described contains 4,094.75 acres in Ada and Elmore 
Counties.
    The total areas described aggregate 4,522.17 acres in Ada and 
Elmore Counties.

    4. At 9 a.m. on October 2, 1995, the lands described above will be 
opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, subject to 
valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. All 
valid applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. on October 2, 1995, 
shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that time.
    5. At 9 a.m. on October 2, 1995, the lands will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of any of the lands described in this order under the 
general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession are governed by State law where not in conflict with 
Federal law. The Bureau of 

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Land Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators 
over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such 
determinations in local courts.

    Dated: August 17, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
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