[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30017-30018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14506]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-942-1430-06; UTU-74247]


Public Land Order No. 7339; Withdrawal of Public Lands for 
Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,385.90 acres of public lands from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect the recreational, scenic, geologic, 
cultural, fish, and wildlife values of the Westwater Canyon

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of the Colorado River. The lands have been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaVerne Steah, BLM Utah State Office, 
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155, 801-539-4114.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the 
Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 20 S., R. 25E.,
    Sec. 23, lots 3, 4, 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 26, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 21 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 2, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lot 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 3,385.90 acres in Grand County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 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 20 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: May 26, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-14506 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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