[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17502]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-931-1430-01; N-24807]


Public Land Order No. 7274; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
5784; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order that withdrew 69.75 
acres of public land for the United States Geological Survey to use as 
a geophysical observatory site. The land is no longer needed for the 
purpose for which it was withdrawn. This action will open the land to 
surface entry and mining. The land has been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 702-785-6532.
    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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Public Land Order No. 5784, which withdrew public land for the 
United States Geological Survey to use as a geophysical observatory 
site, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 53 E.,
    Sec. 26, lot 7 and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 69.75 acres in Eureka County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on August 4, 1997, the land will be opened to the 
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications 
received at or prior to 9 a.m. August 4, 1997 shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m. on August 4, 1997, the land shall be opened to mineral 
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 any of the land 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. 
Sec. 38 (1994), 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 
determinations in local courts.

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-17502 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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