[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7292]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28245]


Public Land Order No. 7433; Partial Revocation of Two Secretarial 
Orders; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes two Secretarial orders which 
withdrew National Forest System lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's 
Colorado-Big Thompson Project. These lands are no longer needed for 
reclamation purposes. This action will open 922.26 acres to such forms 
of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands 
and to mining. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 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. The Secretarial Orders dated March 7, 1935, and July 24, 1937, 
which withdrew National Forest System lands for the Colorado-Big 
Thompson Reclamation Project, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect 
following described lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Arapaho National Forest

T. 1 N., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 13, lots 5, 6, 11, and 12;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lots 3 and 6, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 922.26 acres in Grand County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on April 24, 2000, the lands shall be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
lands, 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 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 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. 00-7292 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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