[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11943]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; WYW 88891-02]


Public Land Order No. 7256; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, in the Geological Survey Order Dated August 5, 
1955, Which Established Powersite Classification No. 433; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens 1,512.76 acres of National Forest System land 
in Powersite Classification No. 433, subject to the provisions of 
Section 24 of the Federal Power Act. This order will permit 
consummation of a pending land sale and also allows for future land 
sales/exchanges of Forest Service administered land. The land has been 
and will continue to be open to mining under the provisions of the 
Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara Gertsch, BLM Wyoming State 
Office, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6115.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 
(1988), and pursuant to the determination by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in DVWY-190, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 9 a.m. on May 8, 1997, the following described National 
Forest System land withdrawn by the Geological Survey Order dated 
August 5, 1955, which established Powersite Classification No. 433, 
will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System land subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Bridger-Teton National Forest

T. 41 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 5, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 3, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lot 1, 2, 3, 4, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;
    Sec. 19, lot 3, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 2, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,512.76 acres in Teton County.

    2. The land has been and remains open to location and entry under 
the United States mining laws, subject to the provisions of the Act of 
August 11, 1955, 30 U.S.C. 621 (1988), and to applications and offers 
under the mineral leasing laws.

    Dated: April 25, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-11943 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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