[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29758-29759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14798]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ES-931-1430-01; FLES-041063]


Public Land Order No. 7202; Partial Revocation of Executive Order 
Dated October 22, 1854, and Executive Order No. 4254 of June 12, 1925; 
Florida

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes two Executive Orders insofar as they affect

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80.68 acres of land withdrawn for the U.S. Coast Guard's lighthouse 
site. The land is no longer needed for lighthouse purposes. This action 
will open the land to surface entry and mining. The land is within an 
incorporated city and will remain closed to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary A. Weaver, Withdrawal Coordinator, BLM Jackson District Office, 
411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404, Jackson, Mississippi 39206-3039, 601-
977-5400.
    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. The Executive Order dated October 22, 1854, and Executive Order 
No. 4254, dated June 12, 1925, which withdrew public lands for use as 
lighthouse purposes are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the 
following described land:

Tallahassee Meridian

T. 40 S., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 13 and 15 (formerly lots 1 and 8, and part of lot 
11).

    The area described contains 80.68 acres in Palm Beach County.

    2. At 10:00 on July 12, 1996, the land will be opened to the 
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications 
received at or prior to 10:00 a.m. on July 12, 1996, shall be 
considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 10:00 a.m. on July 12, 1996 the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of any of the land described in this order under the 
general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
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: May 29, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-14798 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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