[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28947]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-018-1430-01; NMNM 94996/G-010-G8-0260]


Public Land Order No. 7366; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Wild Rivers Special Management Area and the Guadalupe Mountain Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,972.14 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, cultural, wildlife, and 
visual resources of the Wild Rivers Special Management Area and the 
Guadalupe Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The lands 
have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal Knox, BLM Taos Field Office, 226 
Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571, 505-758-8851.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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, to protect the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Rivers 
Special Management Area and Guadalupe Mountain Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 28 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 6, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and the area north of the Red River.
T. 29 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 10, lots 6 to 8, inclusive, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15;
    Sec. 20, lot 8;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 4,972.14 acres in Taos 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: October 9, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-28947 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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