[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10651-10652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5500]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; WYW 137811]
Public Land Order No. 7319; Withdrawal of Public Land for Spirit
Mountain Caverns; Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 230.71 acres of public land from surface
entry (except for disposal by exchange) and mining, for a period of 50
years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect important cave/
geological resource values at the Spirit Mountain Caverns near Cody,
Wyoming. The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
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
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry
(except disposal by exchange) under the general land laws, including
the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect important cave/
geological values at the Spirit Mountain Caverns:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 52 N., R. 102 W.,
Sec. 5, lot 19, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 8, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The area described contains 230.71 acres in Park County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
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.
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Dated: February 17, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-5500 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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