[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65283-65284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32421]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-930-1430-01; COC-12610]


Public Land Order No. 7302; Withdrawal of Public Lands for 
Addition to the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws from surface entry and mining 1,720 acres 
of public lands and transfers administrative jurisdiction to the Fish 
and Wildlife Service for a 50-year period. This action will allow the 
Fish and Wildlife Service to administer the lands as a part of the 
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge. The lands have been and remain open 
to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 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 Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)),

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but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and administrative 
jurisdiction transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service as an 
addition to the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 7 N., R. 79 W.,
    sec. 19, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 7 N., R. 80 W.,
    sec. 10, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 13, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 14, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 N., R. 79 W.,
    sec. 8, S\1/2\;
    sec. 9, S\1/2\;
    sec. 17.
T. 8 N., R. 80 W.,
    sec. 12, S\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,720 acres in Jackson County.

    2. This withdrawal and transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
places these lands under the management of the Fish and Wildlife 
Service pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 668dd (1994).
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: November 26, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-32421 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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