[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47874-47875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22916]




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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7159

[AZ-930-1430-01; A-1880, A-12962, A-13003]


Revocation of Coal Land Withdrawals; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in their entirety two Secretarial Orders 
and two Executive Orders insofar as they affect the remaining 134,960 
acres of lands withdrawn for Federal coal classification purposes. The 
lands are located within the Coronado and Sitgreaves National Forests 
and the San Carlos Indian Reservation. The withdrawals are no longer 
needed as the United States Geological Survey has classified the lands 
as Non-Coal lands and has recommended revocation of the withdrawals. 
The lands located within the National Forests will be opened to 
nonmetalliferous mining and to such forms of disposition as may by law 
be made of National Forest System lands. The lands located within the 
Indian Reservation will not be opened since reservation lands are not 
subject to entry under the general land laws or the United States 
mining laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, 
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, (602) 650-0518.
    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. The Secretarial Orders dated November 29, 1909, and December 28, 
1909, and the Executive Order dated July 7, 1910, which withdrew lands 
and created Coal Land Withdrawal, Arizona No. 1, are hereby revoked in 
their entirety insofar as they affect the remaining withdrawn lands 
described as follows: 

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Gila and Salt River Meridian

San Carlos Indian Reservation

T. 4 S., Rgs. 18, 19 and 20 E., (Portion located within the San 
Carlos Indian Reservation).

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Coronado and Sitgreaves National Forests

T. 4 S., R. 20 E., (Portion located within the Coronado National 
Forest).
T. 10 N., R. 18 E., (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation).
T. 11 N., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\ W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, Lots 3, 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\,W\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 25 to 30, inclusive;
    Secs. 31 to 34, inclusive (portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation);
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 10 N., R. 19 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 7 (portion located outside of the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation);
    Secs. 8 to 17, inclusive;
    Secs. 18 to 20, inclusive (portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation);
    Secs. 21 to 25, inclusive;
    Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive (portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation);
    Secs. 35 and 36 (portion located outside of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation).
T. 11 N., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 19, Lots 3, and 4, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 30 and 31;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

    The areas described aggregate 85,754 acres in Pinal, Graham, and 
Navajo Counties.

    2. The Executive Order dated April 13, 1917, which withdrew lands 
and created Coal Land Withdrawal, Arizona No. 2 are hereby revoked in 
their entirety insofar as they affect the remaining withdrawn lands 
described as follows:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Sitgreaves National Forest

T. 10 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 1, (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation).
T. 11 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 10 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 3 to 9, inclusive (Portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation).
T. 11 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 31 to 33, inclusive;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive (Portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation).
T. 10 N., R. 20 E.,
    Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive;
    Secs. 13 to 20, inclusive;
    Secs. 21 to 23, inclusive (Portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation);
    Sec. 24;
    Secs. 25, 26 and 28 (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation);
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Secs. 31 to 33, inclusive (Portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation).
T. 9 N., R. 21 E., (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation).
T. 10 N., R. 21 E.,
    Secs. 19 to 22, inclusive;
    Sec. 25, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\S\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive;
    Secs. 30 to 33, inclusive (Portion located outside of the Fort 
Apache Indian Reservation);
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.
T. 9 N., R. 22 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;
    Secs. 6 and 7 (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation);
    Sec. 9;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/
4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 11 and 12.
T. 10 N., R. 22 E.,
    Secs. 28, 31, 34 and 35.
T. 8 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 2;
    Secs. 11 and 12 (Portion located outside of the Fort Apache 
Indian Reservation).
T. 9 N., R. 23, E.,
    Secs. 7 to 9, inclusive;
    Secs. 16 to 21, inclusive;
    Secs. 28, 29 and 33;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 49,206 acres in Navajo County.

    3. At 10 a.m. on October 16, 1995, the Forest Service lands 
described in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be opened to such forms of 
disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands, 
including location and entry for nonmetalliferous minerals 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 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 under 30 U.S.C. 
38 (1988), shall vest no rights against the United States. Acts 
required to establish a location and to initiate a right of possession 
are governed by State law where not in conflict with Federal law. The 
Bureau of Land Management will not intervene in disputes between rival 
locators over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such 
determinations in local courts.
    4. The lands located within the San Carlos Indian Reservation will 
not be opened since reservation lands are not subject to entry under 
the general land laws or the United States mining laws.

    Dated: September 5, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-22916 Filed 9-14-95; 8:45 am]
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