[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3733-3734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1608]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28531, COC-17321)


Public Land Order No. 7428; Revocation and Partial Revocation of 
Two Executive Orders Which Created Public Water Reserves; Colorado

AGENCY:  Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:  Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY:  This order revokes one Executive order in its entirety and 
partially revokes another Executive order insofar as they affect 491 
acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's 
Public Water Reserve No. 139 and Public Water Reserve No. 107. This 
action will open these lands to surface entry under the public land 
laws and to nonmetalliferous location and entry under the United States 
mining laws. This action is consistent with the Northeast Resource Area 
Management Plan. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing and to metalliferous mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, 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. (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Executive Order No. 5593, dated April 4, 1931, which established 
Public Water Reserve No. 139, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 61 W.,
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 80 acres in Weld County.

    2. The Executive Order dated April 17, 1926, which established 
Public Water Reserve No. 107, is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 60 W.,
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\
T. 4 N., R. 62 W.,
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 71 W.,
    Sec. 10, lot 4.
T. 1 N., R. 72 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 112, and lots 117 to 122, inclusive.
T. 7 S., R. 70 W.,
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 72 W.,
    Sec. 17, lots 52, 53, and 54.
T. 3 S., R. 73 W.,
    Sec. 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 411 acres in Boulder, Weld, 
Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties.

    2. At 9:00 a.m. on February 23, 2000, the lands described in 
Paragraphs 1 and 2 will be opened to operation of the public land laws 
generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of

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existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at or 
prior to 9 a.m. on February 23, 2000, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9:00 a.m. on February 23, 2000, the lands described in 
Paragraphs 1 and 2 will be opened to nonmetalliferous location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any of 
the lands described in this order to nonmetalliferous mining under the 
general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no rights 
against the United States. Acts required to establish a location and to 
initiate a right of possession are governed by State law where not in 
conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land Management will not 
intervene in disputes between rival locators over possessory rights 
since Congress has provided for such determinations in local courts.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-1608 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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