[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33554-33555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15705]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-924-1430-ET; MTM 72225]


Order Providing for Opening of Public Land; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens land reconveyed to the United States through 
exchange to surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800, 406-896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The following-described land was acquired by the United States 
pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (FLPMA):

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 12 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    2. At 9 a.m. on June 22, 2001, the land shall 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 9 a.m. on June 22, 2001, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m. on June 22, 2001, 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 
provision 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 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: June 6, 2001.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 01-15705 Filed 6-21-01; 8:45 am]
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