[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 198 (Thursday, October 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26077]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-08346]


Public land order No. 7218; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
1871; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order in its entirety which 
withdrew 279.82 acres of public land by the Bureau of Land Management 
for the Rathdrum Municipal Watershed Management Area. The land is no 
longer needed for this purpose and the revocation is needed to transfer 
the land by exchange. This action will open the land to surface entry, 
mining, and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State 
Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706-2500, 208-384-3166.
    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. Public Land Order No. 1871, which withdrew the following 
described land, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Boise Meridian

T. 52 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, lot 1.

    The area described contains 279.82 acres in Kootenai County.

    2. At 9 a.m., on November 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 9 a.m., on November 12, 1996, shall be 
considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m., on November 12, 1996, the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, and to the 
operation of the mineral leasing laws and the Materials Act of July 31, 
1947, as amended, 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 lands 
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 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: October 2, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-26077 Filed 10-09-96; 8:45 am]
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