[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18880]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-018-1430-01; 1430-01; NMNM 91323]


Public Land Order No. 7210; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Racecourse and Agua Caliente Areas of Critical Environmental Concern; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,409.18 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years, for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect the recreational, visual, and wildlife 
resources of the Racecourse and Agua Caliente Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern. The land has been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chet Grandjean, BLM Taos Resource 
Area, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571, 505-758-8851.
    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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 the Bureau of Land Management's Racecourse and 
Agua Caliente Areas of Critical Environmental Concern:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 5 and 6, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 8 to 15, inclusive, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 1, 2, 3, and 5, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and S\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 11, inclusive, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 24 N., 11 E.,
    Sec. 31, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 5 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 4,409.18 acres in Taos and Rio 
Arriba Counties.

    2. 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.
    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: July 15, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-18880 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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