[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63379-63380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31297]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-931-1430-01; COC-28599, COC-28618, COC-28640, and COC-28641]


Public Land Order No. 7297; Partial Revocation of Two Executive 
Orders and Two Secretarial Orders; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes two Executive orders and two 
Secretarial orders insofar as they affect 322.62 acres of public lands 
withdrawn for waterpower purposes. These lands no longer have value for 
waterpower. The withdrawals will be revoked and the lands opened to 
disposal to allow for an exchange. The lands have been open to mining 
under the provisions of the Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 
1955, and these provisions are no longer required. The lands have been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 1998.

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 Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Executive Order dated May 27, 1913, which established Power 
Site Reserve No. 356, the Executive Order dated March 25, 1919, which 
established Power Site Reserve No. 715, the Secretarial Order dated 
September 14, 1943, which established Power Site Reserve No. 343, and 
the Secretarial Order dated August 12, 1937, which established Power 
Site Reserve No. 367, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the 
following described public lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 26, lots 3 and 4.
T. 3 N., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lot 3;
    Sec. 14, lots 1, 6, and 7.

    The areas described aggregate 322.62 acres in Boulder County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on February 27, 1998, the lands 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. on February 27, 1998, shall be 
considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    3. The lands have been open to mining under the provisions of the 
Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, 30 U.S.C. 621 (1994). 
However, since this act applies only to lands withdrawn for power 
purposes, the provisions of the act are no longer applicable. The lands 
have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
    4. The State of Colorado, with respect to the lands described in 
paragraph 1, has a preference right for public highway rights-of-way or 
material sites for a period of 90 days from the date of publication of 
this order and any location, entry, selection, or subsequent

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patent shall be subject to any rights granted the State as provided by 
the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

    Dated: November 14, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-31297 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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