[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35676-35677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-020-1430-01; NMNM 98057/G-010-G9-0254]


Public Land Order No. 7394; Withdrawal of Public Land and Federal 
Minerals for the Copper Hill Area; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,632.31 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining, and 1,148.19 acres of federally reserved 
mineral interests underlying private surface estate from mining, for a 
period of 20 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the 
outstanding cultural, wildlife, and visual resources of the Copper Hill 
area. The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing. An 
additional 640 acres of non-Federal land and the surface estate of the 
above 1,148.19 acres would become subject to the withdrawal if acquired 
by the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1999.

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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 cultural, wildlife, and visual resources of the Copper Hill 
area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\, 
S\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\S\1/2\S\1/2\N\1/2\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, lots 7 and 8, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/
2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\.

    The area described contains 3,632.31 acres in Taos County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the federally reserved mineral 
interests in the following described land 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 cultural, wildlife, and visual 
resources of the Copper Hill area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 17, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,148.19 acres in Taos County.

    3. The surface estate of the land described in Paragraph 2 is non-
Federal. In the event the land returns to Federal ownership, it would 
be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as described 
in Paragraph 1.
    4. The following described non-Federal land is located in the 
Copper Hill area. In the event the land returns to Federal ownership, 
it would become subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal 
as described in Paragraph 1:

T. 23 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 16.

    The area described contains 640 acres in Taos County.

    5. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of

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the land 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 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: June 11, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-16714 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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