[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49480-49481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24144]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-960-1990-00-CCAM; MTM 84500]


Amendments to Proposed Withdrawal; Montana

AGENCY: Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
with concurrence from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
has amended the withdrawal petition and application for the proposed 
Cooke City Area Mineral Withdrawal to include additional Federal lands, 
non-Federal minerals within the withdrawal boundary which may be 
acquired by the United States, and segregation from mineral leasing, 
except oil and gas. This amendment will segregate the lands described 
below from location and entry under the mining laws and the mineral 
leasing laws, except oil and gas. This amendment will also segregate 
those lands in the original application from the mineral leasing laws, 
except oil and gas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comments should be sent to the Cooke City Area Mineral Withdrawal Team, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, by December 19, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 1996, and September 13, 1996, 
petition amendments were approved, and on September 16, 1996, an 
application amendment was approved.

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These amend the original petition and application to include the 
following Federal lands and non-Federal minerals within the withdrawal 
boundary which may be acquired by the United States, and to withdraw 
the following lands and those in the original petition from mineral 
leasing, except oil and gas. The segregative period for all lands in 
this proposed withdrawal remains the same.

Principal Meridian, Montana

    Federal Lands--

T. 15 E.,
    Sec. 32, that part of SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying outside of the 
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary.
T. 9 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 23, lots 2 and 3, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and bed of Kersey 
Lake riparian to lots 2 and 3;
    Sec. 26, bed of Kersey lake riparian to NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and bed of Kersey 
Lake riparian to lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 28, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 to 9, inclusive, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that part of lot 5 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying outside of the Absaroka-Beartooth 
Wilderness boundary;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
and NW\1/4\, and that part of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ lying outside of 
the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary;
    Sec. 34, lot 4, and that part of lot 3 and W\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying 
outside of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Boundary.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,965.00 acres.
    Non-Federal Minerals--Approximately 4,158.00 acres--
    All non-Federal minerals, if returned to Federal ownership, 
would without further action become subject to the terms and 
conditions of the subject withdrawal.
    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is for protection of the 
watersheds within the drainages of the Clarks Fork of the 
Yellowstone River, Soda Butte Creek, and the Stillwater River, and 
the water quality and fresh water fishery resources within 
Yellowstone National Park. The amendments are to include lands 
identified during public scoping meetings and to meet the intent of 
the New World Mine Agreement signed August 12, 1996, by Crown Butte 
Mines, Inc., the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the United 
States.
    A withdrawal application, as amended, will be processed in 
accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    Existing uses of the segregated lands may be continued except 
for the location or relocation of mining claims during the pendency 
of the segregative period, including but not limited to all legal 
ingress and egress to valid mining claims and patented claims, all 
rights-of-way, all access to non-Federal lands, all current 
recreational uses, and all commercial uses requiring special use 
permits.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-24144 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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