[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29404]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-018-1430-01; NMNM 94996]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 4,972.14 
acres of public land in Taos County, New Mexico to protect the 
recreational, cultural, wildlife and visual resources of the Wild 
Rivers Special Management Area (SMA) and the Guadalupe Mountain Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). This notice closes the land for 
up to two years from surface entry and mining. The land will remain 
open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
February 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the 
Albuquerque District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 435 Montano 
NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal Knox, BLM Taos Resource Area 
Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, NM 87571, (505) 751-4707.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 8, 1995, a petition was approved 
allowing the Bureau of Land Management to file an application to 
withdraw the following described public land from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 28 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 6, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and area lying north of the Red 
River;
T. 29 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 10, lots 6, 7, 8, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, all;
    Sec. 15, all;
    Sec. 20, lot 8;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, all;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 4,972.14 acres in Taos County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the 
recreational, cultural, wildlife and visual resources of the Wild 
Rivers Special SMA and the Guadalupe Mountain ACEC.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions or 
objections, in connection with the proposed withdrawal, may present 
their views in writing to the Albuquerque District Manager of the 
Bureau of Land Management.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the 
Albuquerque District Manager within 90 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.
    Upon a determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated as specified above 
unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary uses which may be permitted 
during this segregative period are licenses, permits, cooperative 
agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary 
nature, but only with the approval of an authorized officer of the 
Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: November 6, 1996.
Michael R. Ford,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-29404 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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