[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25205]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7166

[AZ-933-1430-01; AZA 27587, AZA 27588, AZA 27589, AZA 27699]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Charcoal Kiln 
Historic Site, the Grapevine Springs Botanical Area, the Lynx Creek 
Indian Ruins, and the Groom Creek Recreation Complex, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,561.43 acres of National Forest System 
lands from mining for a period of 20 years to protect the Lynx Creek 
Indian Ruins, the Charcoal Kiln Historic Site, the Grapevine Springs 
Botanical Area, and the Groom Creek Recreation Complex. The lands have 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, 
P.O. Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011, 602-650-0509.
    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National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 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)), but 
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
Charcoal Kiln Historic Site, the Grapevine Springs Botanical Area, the 
Lynx Creek Indian Ruins, and the Groom Creek Recreation Complex:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Prescott National Forest

Charcoal Kiln Historic Site

T. 12\1/2\ N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 21, lots 4 and 5.
T. 13 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 74.97 acres in Yavapai County.

Grapevine Springs Botanical Area

T. 12\1/2\ N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35;
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,040 acres in Yavapai County.

Lynx Creek Indian Ruins

T. 13 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\SW\1/2\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 160 acres in Yavapai County.

Groom Creek Recreation Complex

T. 13 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 26, lots 32, 33, and 34;
    Sec. 35, lots 5 to 8, inclusive.

    The area described contains 286.46 acres in Yavapai County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those 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 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: September 15, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-25205 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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