[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32318]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-930-1430-01; AZA 13411, AZA 13431]


Public Land Order No. 7300; Revocation of Two Secretarial Orders 
Dated November 18, 1904, and April 26, 1916; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes, in their entirety, two Secretarial orders 
as they affect 5,922.44 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau 
of Reclamation's Little Colorado Project. The project has not been 
developed and there is no further need for the lands to be withdrawn. 
The lands are closed to surface entry and mining and will not be opened 
at this time. The lands have been and will continue to be open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff Yardley, BLM Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, 602-417-
9437.
    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 Secretarial orders dated November 18, 1904, and April 26, 
1916, which withdrew public lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's 
Little Colorado River Project, are hereby revoked in their entirety.The 
lands involved aggregate 5,922.44 acres in Coconino and Navajo 
Counties.
    2. The lands will not be opened until an analysis is completed to 
determine if any of the lands need special designation and to identify 
any land exchange potential.

    Dated: November 26, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-32318 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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