[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40122-40123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16460]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28584]


Public Land Order No. 7453; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, 40 acres of public land withdrawn by an 
Executive order which established Bureau of Land Management Power Site 
Reserve No. 92. This action will permit consummation of a pending land 
exchange and retain the power rights to the United States. The land has 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing and, under the provisions 
of the Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 303-239-
3706.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 
(1994), and pursuant to the determination of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in DVCO-556-000, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 9 a.m. on September 28, 2000, the following described public 
land withdrawn by the Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, which 
established Power Site Reserve No. 92, will be opened to disposal 
subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act as 
specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determination 
DVCO-556-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 15 S., R. 78 W.,
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Chaffee County.

    2. The State of Colorado has a preference right for public highway 
rights-of-way or material sites for a period of 90 days from the date 
of publication of this order and any location, entry, selection, or 
subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights granted the State as 
provided by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
818 (1994).

    Dated: June 2, 2000.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-16460 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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