[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38782-38783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18949]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-920-1430-01; MTM 82056]


Public Land Order No. 7208; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Snowbird Mine; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 37.50 acres of National Forest System 
land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 50 years for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
to protect the recreational opportunities and mineral resources of the 
Snowbird Mine area. The land has been and will remain open to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
land and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM, Montana State 
Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2949.
    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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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)), but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the significant 
recreational opportunities and mineral resources of the Snowbird Mine 
area:

Principle Meridian, Montana

Lolo National Forest

T. 12 N., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 19, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 37.50 acres in Mineral County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 
National Forest System land 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

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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. 96-18949 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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