[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58521-58522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28921]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7175
[NM-010-1430-01; NMNM 90118]

Withdrawal of Public Land and Federal Minerals to Allow Sale of 
Humate; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 120 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining, and 680 acres of federally reserved mineral interests 
underlying private surface estate from mining, for a period of 20 
years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect an area having high 
potential for development of humate (a carbonaceous shale) from 
encumbrances due to mining claim location. The land has been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie Martinez, BLM, Rio Puerco 
Resource Area Office, 435 Montano 

[[Page 58522]]
Road NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 505-761-8907.
    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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 an area having potential for development of 
humate (a carbonaceous shale) from encumbrances due to mining claim 
location:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 11, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 120 acres in Rio Arriba County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the federally reserved mineral 
interests in the following described land are hereby withdrawn from the 
United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect an area having 
potential for development of humate (a carbonaceous shale) from 
encumbrances due to mining claim location:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 680 acres in Rio Arriba County.

    3. The surface estate of the land described in paragraph 2 is non-
Federal. If the United States subsequently acquires this land, the land 
will be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal.
    4. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of its 
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: November 8, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-28921 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am]
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