[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31334]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZA 30355]


Public Land Order No. 7420; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for Roosevelt Lake Expansion Area; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 9,175 acres of National 
Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, for a 20-year period, for the Bureau of Reclamation to 
protect the Roosevelt Lake expansion area. The lands have been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 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National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 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 Bureau 
of Reclamation's Roosevelt Lake expansion area:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Tonto National Forest

T. 5 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 1, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 3, 4, and 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\E\1/2\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Ssec. 23, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 6 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 4 and 9, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\ and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 30, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\S\1/2\.
T. 3 N., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 1, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\, excluding private 
lands within Roosevelt Lake Estates;
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\N\1/2\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\N\1/2\ and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1, 2 and 4;
    Sec. 6, lot 1 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 30, lot 3;
    Sec. 31, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 9,175 acres in Gila 
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 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 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: November 24, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-31334 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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