[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31201]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-61332]


Public Land Order No. 7417; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Rough Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,373 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for 50 years for the Bureau of Land Management to 
protect the sensitive plants and animals species, outstanding scenic 
values, and cultural resource values in the Rough Canyon Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern. The land has been and will remain open 
to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 303-239-
3706.
    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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 Rough Canyon 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 12 S., R. 100 W., Protraction Diagram No. 13, Accepted January 
22, 1965.
    Sec. 29, that portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ lying southerly of 
Bureau of Land Management Road No. 7150, from the west boundary of 
sec. 29 easterly to the westerly side of the crossing of the 
streambed of Rough Canyon, thence continuing easterly along a line 
parallel to and 10 feet northerly of the mean high water line of the 
Rough Canyon watercourse to an intersection with the east boundary 
of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ of sec. 29;
    Sec. 30, that portion lying southerly and westerly of a line 
parallel to and 200 feet southerly of the centerline of Bureau of 
Land Management Road No. 7150, from the east boundary of the section 
to a point 1500 feet east of the west boundary of said sec. 30, 
thence north along a line parallel to the west boundary of said 
section to the intersection with the north boundary thereof, thence 
westerly along said northern boundary of the northwest corner of 
sec. 30;
    Sec. 31;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\.
T. 12 S., R, 101 W.,
    Sec. 25, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lot 14;
    Sec. 36, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R.100 W. Protraction Diagram No. 13, accepted January 22, 
1965.
    Sec. 5, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 2,737 acres in Mesa 
County.

    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 50 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: November 17, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-31201 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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