[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 66151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30998]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7178

[CO-935-1430-01; COC-56149]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Aspen Highlands Ski 
Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,333.34 acres of National Forest System 
land from mining for 50 years to protect recreational resources and 
facilities at the Aspen Highlands Ski Area. This land has been and 
remains open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), for the 
Forest Service to protect facilities and resources at the Aspen 
Highlands Ski Area:

White River National Forest

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 85 W.,
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9;
    Sec. 26, lots 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 34;
    Sec. 35, lot 10, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\.
    T. 11 S., R. 85 W.,
    Sec. 2, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 3,333.34 acres of National Forest 
System land in Pitkin County.

    2. The withdrawal make 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: December 8, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-30998 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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