[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19408]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-935-1430-01; COC-28608, COC-38740]


Public Land Order No. 7404; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act and Partial Revocation of Power Site Reserve No. 
426; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, 42.99 acres of National Forest System land 
withdrawn by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Power Project No. 
2829, and an Executive order which established Bureau of Land 
Management Power Site Reserve No. 426. This action will permit 
consummation of a pending Forest Service land exchange and retain the 
waterpower rights to the United States. This order also partially 
revokes the Executive order which established Power Site Reserve No. 
426 as to 2,146.18 acres of National Forest System lands which are no 
longer needed for waterpower purposes. All of the lands have been and 
will continue to be open to mineral leasing and, under the provisions 
of the Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the act of June 20, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 
(1994), and pursuant to the determination of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in DVCO-551-000, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 9 a.m. on August 30, 1999, the following described National 
Forest System lands withdrawn by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Power Project No. 2829, and the Executive Order dated March 21, 1914, 
which established Power Site Reserve No. 426, will be opened to 
disposal subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power 
Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
determination DVCO-551-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Roosevelt National Forest

T. 5 N., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 2, lot 9.

    The area described contains 42.99 acres in Mineral County.

    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:
    2. Executive Order dated March 21, 1914, which established Power 
Site Reserve No. 416, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described National Forest System lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Roosevelt National Forest

T. 5 N., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 3 and 4, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 2 and 3, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 72 W.,
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24. lot 2, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\NE and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 2,164.18 acres in Larimer County.

    3. At 9 a.m. on August 30, 1999, the lands described in paragraph 2 
shall be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law.

    Dated: July 15, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-19408 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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