[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9213]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-1430-01; CACA 7202]


Public Land Order No. 7252; Revocation of the Executive Order 
Dated February 21, 1913; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive Order dated February 21, 1913, 
in its entirety, as it affects 59,752.64 acres of public land withdrawn 
for Potash Reserve No. 2. The withdrawal is no longer needed for this 
purpose since potash was made a leasable mineral with the passage of 
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The revocation is needed to permit 
partial disposal of the land through exchange. This action will open 
the land to nonmetalliferous mining. The land has been and will remain 
open to surface entry, metalliferous mining, and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Gary, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.5), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825, 916-979-
2858.

    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. The Executive Order dated February 21, 1913, which withdrew 
public land for Potash Reserve No. 2, is hereby revoked in its entirety 
as it affects the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 24 S., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, S\1/2\SW\1/4\

    .An area bounded as follows:

    Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 43 E.; 
thence west 2 miles; thence south 12 miles; thence east 9 miles; thence 
north 12 miles; thence west 2\1/2\ miles, more or less to the south 
quarter corner of sec. 36, T. 24 S., R. 43 E., thence west 4\1/2\ miles 
more or less, along the south line of T. 24 S., R. 43 E., to point of 
beginning.
    The area described contains 59,752.64 acres in San Bernardino 
County.
    2. At 10 a.m. on May 12, 1997, the land will be opened to location 
and entry for nonmetalliferous mining 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 any of the 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 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 determination in 
local courts.

    Dated: March 27, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-9213 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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