[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3054-3055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1323]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-31261]


Opening of Land in a Proposed Withdrawal; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
3,805.87 acres of National Forest System land for the Forest Service's 
Howell Canyon Recreation Complex expires March 30, 1997, after which 
the land will be opened to mining. The land is located in the Boise 
National Forest. The land has been and will remain open to surface 
entry and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, 
Idaho 83709, 208-373-3864.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register (60 FR 62, March 31, 1995), which 
segregated the land described therein for up to 2 years from the mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights, but not from the general land 
laws and the mineral leasing laws. The 2-year segregation expires March 
30, 1997. The withdrawal application will continue to be processed 
unless it is canceled or denied. The land is described as follows:

Boise Meridian

T. 12 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 36, SW\1/4\,NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 31, lot 4, NE\1/4\,NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\,SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/
2\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 1, N\1/2\ lot 1, lots 2 to 4 inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and 
SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4 inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\; and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\.

    The area described aggregate 3,805.87 acres in Cassia County,

    At 9 a.m. on March 30, 1997, the land shall be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of land 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 
under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1988), shall vest no rights against the United 
States. Acts required to establish a location and to initiate a right 
of possession are governed by State 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.


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    Dated: January 10, 1997.
Jimmie Buxton,
Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 97-1323 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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