[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26245]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

[WY-980-1320-01; WYW 84553]


Partial Termination of Oil Shale Classification Order No. 1; 
Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Partial termination.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies the November 19, 1982, Oil Shale 
Classification Order Wyoming No. 1, by removing 85,787.99 acres of 
public land near Rock Springs, Wyoming. This action is taken in 
conjunction to a modification of the Executive Order of July 6, 1910, 
the total result of which will open the below described land to non-
metalliferous location under the 1872 Mining Law. The land was 
determined to be non-productive for oil shale and may have some 
potential for locations of mining claims for diamonds. The entire 
85,787.99 acres will remain open to the mineral leasing laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Paugh, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6306.
    By virtue of the authority delegated to me by BLM Manual 1203, Oil 
Shale Classification Order Wyoming No. 1, is hereby modified by 
removing the following described land:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 112 W.
    Sections 1-24
T. 14 N., R. 112 W.
    Sec. 7, W\1/2\
    Sec. 18 to 22;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\
    Sec. 25 to 36;
T. 15 N., R. 112 W.
    Secs. 6 and 7;
    Sec. 18, Lots 5-8;
T. 13 N., R. 113 W.
    Sec. 24;
T. 14 N., R. 113 W.
    All;
T. 15 and 16 N., R. 113 W.
    All;
T. 17 N., R. 113 W.
    Secs. 1-4;
    Secs. 9-16;
    Secs. 21-28;
    Secs. 33-36.

    At 9 a.m., MDST on November 14, 1996 the lands described above will 
be open to non-metalliferous locations under the 1872 Mining Law, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law.

    Dated: August 16, 1996.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-26245 Filed 10-11-96; 8:45 am]
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