[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 57 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7213]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-160-1430-ET; CACA 7820]


Public Land Order No. 7435; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
460; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order in its entirety as to 
the remaining 80 acres of land withdrawn in contemplation of inclusion 
into Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1. The land is no longer needed for 
the purpose for which it was withdrawn. This action will open the 80 
acres to surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825; 916-
978-4675.
    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. Public Land Order No. 460, which withdrew public land in 
contemplation of inclusion into Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, is 
hereby revoked in its entirety as it affects the following described 
land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 31 S., R. 24 E.,
  Sec. 14, N\1/2\W\1/4\.

    The area described contains 80 acres in Kern County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on April 24, 2000, the land will be opened to the 
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications 
received at or prior to 10 a.m. on April 24, 2000, shall be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall 
be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 10 a.m. on April 24, 2000, the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws and to the 
operation of the mineral leasing 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 land described in this order 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 
determination in local courts.

    Dated: March 10, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-7213 Filed 3-22-00; 8:45 am]
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