[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7057-7058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-924-1430-ET; SDM 87066]


Opening of Land in a Proposed Withdrawal; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
.25 acre of National Forest System land for the National Park Service 
for construction of temporary quarters for summer seasonal employees 
expires on March 19, 2000, after which the land will be open to surface 
entry and mining, subject to other segregations of record. The land has 
been and remains open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 63 FR 13687, March 20, 1998, which 
segregated the land described therein for up to 2 years from 
settlement, sale, location or entry under the general land laws, 
including

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the mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, but not from other 
forms of disposition which may by law be made of National Forest System 
land or the mineral leasing laws. The 2-year segregation expires March 
19, 2000. The withdrawal application will continue to be processed, 
unless it is canceled or denied. The land is described as follows:

Black Hills Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 23, portion of the S\1/2\ of lot 19.

    The area described contains .25 acre in Custer County.
    At 9 a.m. on October 19, 2000, the land will be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
land, including 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 lands described in this order 
under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration 
is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempting 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1988), 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 27, 2000.
Howard A. Lemm,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 00-3267 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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