[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 19386] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-9890] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AZ-950-5700-77; AZA 25613] Public Land Order No. 7384; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Expansion of Lake Pleasant; Arizona AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public land order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,988.27 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years to protect the Bureau of Reclamation's Lake Pleasant expansion area. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Andersen, BLM Phoenix Field Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, 602-580- 5570. 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing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 Reclamation's Lake Pleasant expansion area: Gila and Salt River Meridian T. 7 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 12, a portion of the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ of lot 2 (C.A.P. Tract No. NW-1-1c). T. 6 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 3, W\1/2\ of lot 10; Sec. 10, S\1/2\NW\1/4\; Sec. 15, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\. T. 6 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 1, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/ 2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 12, lot 1 and E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\; Sec. 13, E\1/2\ and that portion of the W\1/2\ lying east of the east right-of-way boundary of the Castle Hot Springs Road. T. 7 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 13, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 23, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 24, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\; Sec. 25, W\1/2\ and NE\1/4\. The areas described aggregate 1,988.27 acres in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties. 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: March 29, 1999. John Berry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 99-9890 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-P