[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23573]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-950-1430-01; COC-55779]


Public Land Order No. 7217; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Protection of the Bakerville-Loveland Bicycle Trail; 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 401 acres of National 
Forest System land from mining for 20 years to protect the Bakerville-
Loveland Bicycle Trail. The 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: September 16, 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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 a bicycle trail and associated facilities.

Sixth Principal Meridian

Arapaho Forests

T. 4 S., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ exclusive of patented lands, and W\1/
2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 76 W.,
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    A strip of land 100 ft. in width 50 ft. either side of the 
centerline running through the following described parcels of land:

T. 4 S., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 18, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., E. 76 W.,
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 401 acres of National 
Forest System Land in Clear Creek County.

    2. The withdrawal made 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 20 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: September 5, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-23573 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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