[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15108]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-924-1430-ET; MTM 39381]


Opening of Land; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 5748, which withdrew 80.72 acres of 
National Forest System land from location and entry under the mining 
laws for a recreation area and trailhead facilities into the Selway-
Bitterroot Wilderness Area, expired August 27, 2000, by operation of 
law. This action will open the land to mining. The land has been and 
will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2001.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Land Order No. 5748, published in the 
Federal Register August 28, 1980 (45 FR 573398), withdrew 80.72 acres 
of National Forest System land for a period of 20 years for a 
recreation area and trailhead facilities into the Selway-Bitterroot 
Wilderness Area. The public land order expired August 27, 2000, by 
operation of law. The following land is hereby opened to location and 
entry under the United States mining laws:

Lolo National Forest

Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 11 N., R. 21 W.,
    Sec. 6, West 660 feet of lot 3, East 1,000 feet of lot 4, and 
East 1,000 feet of lot 5.

    The area described contains 80.72 acres in Missoula County.

    At 9 a.m. on (publication date), the land shall be opened to 
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 (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 determinations in local courts.

    Dated: May 24, 2001.
Howard A. Lemm,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 01-15108 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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