[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15489]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(CO-935-1430-01; COC-28635; COC-015744)


Public Land Order No. 7266; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act in the Secretarial Order Dated May 13, 1929, 
Which Established Powersite Classification No. 219, and in the 
Secretarial Order Dated July 1, 1935, Which Established Power Project 
No. 400; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, 234.47 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn by Secretarial orders which established Powersite 
Classification No. 219 and Power Project No. 400. It has been 
determined that the waterpower potential in this land will not be 
damaged by disposal subject to Section 24 of the Federal Power Act. 
This action will allow for consummation of Forest Service land 
exchanges and retain the waterpower rights to the United States. All of 
the lands continue to be segregated by other actions. The lands have 
been and will remain open to mining under the provisions of the Mining 
Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, (303) 
239-3706.
    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 DVCO-545 and DVCO-545-001, it is ordered as 
follows:
    1. At 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 1997, the following described National 
Forest System land withdrawn by the Secretarial Order dated May 13, 
1929, which established Powersite Classification No. 219, will be 
opened to disposal 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:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

San Juan National Forest

T. 37 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 10 and 11.

    The area described contains 74.47 acres La Plata County.

    2. At 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 1997, the following described National 
Forest System land withdrawn by the Secretarial Order dated July 1, 
1935, which established Power Project No. 400, will be opened to 
disposal by Forest Service land exchange 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:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

San Juan National Forest

T. 38 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 160 acres of National Forest 
System lands in La Plata County.

    3. The lands described in paragraphs 1 and 2 have been and will 
remain 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: May 28, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-15489 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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