[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-924-1430-ET; MTM 89170]


Public Land Order No. 7464; Withdrawal of Public Land To Aid in 
Reclamation of the Zortman-Landusky Mining Area; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,530.62 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 5 years to protect the 
reclamation of the Zortman-Landusky mining area. The land has been and 
will remain open to mineral leasing and mineral material disposal under 
the Materials Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800, 406-896-5052, or Robert 
Padilla, BLM Lewistown Field Office, Box 1160, Lewistown, Montana 
59457-1160, 406-538-1922.
    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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described land 
is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location or entry under the 
general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 
Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws or 
mineral material disposal under the Materials Act, to protect the 
reclamation of the Zortman-Landusky mining area:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 25 N., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 13;
    Sec. 10, lots 7 to 11, inclusive, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 8 and 9;
    Sec. 12, lots 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22, and SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 11, inclusive, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 4 to 18, inclusive;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, lot 1, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\.
T. 25 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 13 to 17, inclusive, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, lots 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, and 24, 
lots 26 to 31, inclusive, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, lot 2, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lots 3 and 4, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, lots 8, 9, and 10, and SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 3,530.62 acres in Phillips County.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 5 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: September 18, 2000.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-25586 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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