[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23365]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43-CFR Public Land Order 7160

[CO-935-1430-01; COC-55991]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for Telluride Ski 
Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 4,000 acres of National 
Forest System lands from mining for 50 years to protect recreational 
resources and facilities at the Telluride Ski Area. These lands have 
been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be 
made of National Forest System lands and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris 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 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), for 
protection of facilities and resources at the Telluride Ski Area:

Uncompahgre National Forest

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 42 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lot 2;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11;
    Sec, 12, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\.
T. 43 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 33, lots 18, 19, and 20;
    Sec. 34, lots 17, 18, 22, 23, and 24;
    Sec. 35, lots 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 4,000 acres of National 
Forest System lands in San Miguel County. This withdrawal includes all 
National Forest System lands and excludes any privately owned lands 
within the described areas.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System lands 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: September 5, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-23365 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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