[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41272-41273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20622]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(NV-930-1430-01; NVN 59082)


Public Land Order No. 7349; Withdrawal of Public Land for 
National Weather Service Administration Site; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 15 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 20 years for use by the Department of 
Commerce,

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National Weather Service as an administrative site. The land has been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada, 89520, 702-861-6532.
    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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
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 use by the Department of Commerce, National Weather 
Service as an administrative site:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 34 N., R. 55 E.,
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 15 acres in Elko 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 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: July 22, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-20622 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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