[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 84 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23664-23665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10999]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-950-5700-77; AZA 28487]


Public Land Order No. 7387; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for Oak Creek Canyon Recreation Area; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 10,500 acres of National Forest System 
land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for 20 
years to protect the Oak Creek Canyon Recreation Area. The land has 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff Yardley, BLM Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, 602-417-
9437.
    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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Oak Creek 
Canyon Recreation Area:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Coconino National Forest

T. 17 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, lots 11 to 14, inclusive, and 
lots 19 and 20;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, and S\1/2\; sec. 4, lots 1 to 
8, inclusive, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 3 and 4.
T. 18 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 2 and 5, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, excluding HES 579;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\, excluding HES 369 and HES 
579;
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, excluding 
HES 368;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\, excluding HES 368;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;

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    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, 
excluding HES 367;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 2, 3, 4, N\1/2\, SE\1/4\, and those portions of 
lot 5, Tract 37, and HES 94 reconveyed to the U.S. by warranty deeds 
recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, excluding those portions of 
private land within lot 5, Tract 37, HES 94, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/
4\, and those portions of HES 94 reconveyed to the U.S. in warranty 
deeds recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, excluding those portions 
of private land within HES 94;
    Sec. 33, lots 1, and 2, and lots 6 to 11, inclusive, E\1/2\E\1/
2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
excluding Pat. No. 731068;
    Sec. 34, lot 1, lots 3 to 5, inclusive, lots 8 to 10 inclusive, 
NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and those 
portions of Tract 37, lot 7, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ reconveyed to the 
U.S. by warranty deeds recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, 
excluding those portions of private land within Tract 37, lot 7, and 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 3 and 4.
T. 18 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 20, lots 6, 7, and 12;
    Sec. 29, lot 1.
T. 19 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 14, lot 8 and lots 16 to 19, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 16, 23 and 24;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, lots 10 to 15, inclusive, lots 
21 to 25, inclusive and those portions of HES 95 reconveyed to the 
U.S. by warranty deeds recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, 
excluding those portions of private land within HES 95;
    Sec. 34, lots 2 to 5, inclusive, lots 9, 17, 18, and 25, and 
those portions of lots 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 23, and 24, reconveyed to 
U.S. by warranty deeds recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, 
excluding those portions of private land within lots 10, 11, 12, 19, 
20, 23, and 24.

    The area described contains 10,500 acres in Coconino County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the National 
Forest System land 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: April 12, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-10999 Filed 4-30-99; 8:45 am]
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