[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14463-14464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7302]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-020-1430-01; NMNM 97074/G-010-G9-0251]
Public Land Order No. 7383; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the
Rio Grande Corridor; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,151.80 acres of public lands from
surface entry and mining, and 52.30 acres of federally reserved mineral
interests underlying private surface estate from mining, for a period
of 50 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the
outstanding recreational, scenic, wildlife, and riparian values of the
Rio Grande Corridor. The lands have been and will remain open to
mineral leasing. An additional 1,129.96 acres of non-Federal lands and
the surface estate of the above 52.30 acres would become subject to the
withdrawal if acquired.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francina Martinez, 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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry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, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the
outstanding recreational, scenic, wildlife, and riparian values of the
Rio Grande Corridor:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 23 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 24, lot 2 and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 26, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 15, lots 6 to 9, inclusive;
Sec. 16, lot 3 and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 19, lots 14, 20, 21, 22, 36, and 37;
Sec. 20, lots 13 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 21, lots 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8.
T. 24 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 32, lot 3.
T. 27 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 36, lots 5 to 7, inclusive, and a parcel of land consisting
of 5.6 acres lying along the west boundary of and within the Antoine
Leroux Land Grant.
T. 27 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 30, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 130 acres of
the Antoine Leroux Land Grant meandering the east boundary of the
Rio Grande.
T. 28 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 10, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ except patent No. 39879.
The areas described aggregate 2,151.80 acres in Taos and Rio
Arriba Counties.
2. Subject to valid existing rights, the federally reserved mineral
interests in the following described lands are hereby withdrawn from
mining under 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 outstanding recreational, scenic,
wildlife, and riparian values of the Rio Grande Corridor:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 23 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 24, tract A and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 19, lot 13.
The areas described aggregate 52.30 acres in Rio Arriba County.
3. The surface estate of the lands described in Paragraph 2 is non-
Federal. In the event these lands return to Federal ownership, they
would be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as
described in Paragraph 1.
4. The following described non-Federal lands are located within the
Rio Grande Corridor. In the event these
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lands return to Federal ownership, they would be subject to the terms
and conditions of this withdrawal as described in Paragraph 1:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 23 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 23, tract A, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 24, lot 1, patent No. 178, patent No. 179, N\1/2\NE\1/4\,
SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 16, lots 1 and 2, small holding claim (SHC) 966 tract 2,
SHC 2143, and SHC 1536;
Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, SHC 3266, SHC 388, SHC 969, SHC 561 tract
3, SHC 559 tract 1, SHC 556 tract 2, SHC 560 tracts 2 and 4, SHC 792
tracts 1 and 2, SHC 792, (two separate tracts numbered 792), SHC
966, SHC 380 tract 3, SHC 386, SHC 389, SHC 382 tract 1, and SHC 494
tract 2;
Sec. 20, lots 1, 3, and 4, SHC 560 tract 4, SHC 968 tract 2, SHC
556 tract 3, SHC 1121 Borrego, SHC 1121 Archuleta, and SHC 1121
Roybal, SHC 561 tract 4, SHC 798 Romero and SHC 798 Bolton, SHC 801
tracts 1, 2, and 3, SHC 1000, SHC 1120, SHC 4472 tract 2, and SHC
1111 tract 3;
Sec. 21, SHC 1111 tract 3, SHC 1120, SHC 966 tract 1, SHC 349,
SHC 355, SHC 402, SHC 403, SHC 488, SHC 487 tracts 1 and 2, SHC 490
Romero and SHC 490 Roybal, SHC 487 Romero and SHC 487 Ortega, SHC
966 tract 2, SHC 2143, and SHC 1536.
The areas described aggregate 1,129.96 acres in Taos and Rio
Arriba Counties.
5. 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.
6. 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: March 12, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-7302 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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