[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 62686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30033]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-924-1430-ET; MTM 924, MTM 27963, and MTM 83069]


Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawals; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice cancels three withdrawal applications affecting 
2,051.95 acres of National Forest System lands for charcoal kilns and 
research natural areas. The segregative effect of the applications was 
previously terminated and the lands were opened to surface entry and 
mining, subject to other segregations of record. The lands have been 
and remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, Bureau of Land 
Management, Montana State Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 
59107-6800, 406-896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices of Proposed Withdrawal were 
published in the Federal Register December 1, 1966 (31 FR 15098), April 
18, 1974, (39 FR 13902), and June 16, 1994 (59 FR 30951). This action 
will terminate the proposed withdrawals. The lands are described as 
follows:

Principal Meridian, Montana

Beaverhead National Forest

    (a) Trapper Creek Charcoal Kilns Area (MTM 924).

T. 3 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 6, W\1/2\ of lot 1.

    Canyon Creek Charcoal Kilns Area (MTM 924).

T. 2 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    Cottonwood Creek Research Natural Area (MTM 27963).

T. 10 S., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\S\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/2\.

    (b) Cave Mountain Research Natural Area (MTM 83069).

T. 10 S., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 5, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 2,051.95 acres in Beaverhead and 
Madison Counties.

    The segregative effect associated with the applications in 
paragraph (a) terminated October 20, 1991, in accordance with the 
notice published as FR Doc. 91-21383 in the Federal Register 
(56FR44099) dated September 6, 1991.
    The segregative effect associated with the applications in 
paragraph (b) terminated June 15, 1996, in accordance with the notice 
published as FR Doc. 96-10324 in Federal Register (61 FR 18619-20) 
dated April 26, 1996.

    Dated: November 5, 1999.
John E. Moorhouse,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 99-30033 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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