[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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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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