[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18619-18620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10324]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-924-1430-01; MTM 83069]


Opening of Land in a Proposed Withdrawal; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
1,800.10 acres of National Forest System land for the Cave Mountain 
Research Natural Area expires on June 15, 1996, and the land will be 
open to mining. It has been and remains open to surface entry and 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2949.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of proposed withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 30951, June 16, 1994, which 
segregated the land described therein for up to 2 years from location 
and entry under the mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, but 
not from other forms of disposition which may by law be made of 
National Forest System land. The 2-year segregation expires June 15, 
1996. The withdrawal application will continue to be processed, unless 
it is canceled or denied. The land is described as follows:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 10 S., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R 1 W.,
    Sec. 5, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\.

    The area described contains 1,800.10 acres in Madison County.

    At 9 a.m., on June 15, 1996, the land will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, the

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provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any 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 attempting 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.

    Dated: April 18, 1996.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-10324 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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