[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42679-42680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19941]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-350-1430-ET; NMNM 25765; OR 48432]


Public Land Order No. 7490; Transfer of Jurisdiction, Melrose Air 
Force Range and Yakima Training Center; New Mexico and Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order transfers the administrative jurisdiction of 
6,713.90 acres of public domain lands in New Mexico from the Secretary 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management to the Secretary of the Air 
Force for use as part of the Melrose Air Force Range. This order also 
transfers the administrative jurisdiction of 6,640.02 acres of public 
domain lands in Washington from the Secretary of the Interior, Bureau 
of Land Management to the Secretary of the Army for use as part of the 
Yakima Training Center. These

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transfers of jurisdiction are directed by sections 1002 and 1003 of the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001 (Public Law 106-554).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 14, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dwight Hempel, Bureau of Land 
Management, Lands and Realty Group (WO350), 1849 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20240; 202-452-7778.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By virtue of the authority vested in the 
Secretary of the Interior by sections 1002 and 1003 of Public Law 106-
554, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the administrative 
jurisdiction of the public domain surface estate for the lands 
described in section 1002(a)(2) of Public Law 106-554, is hereby 
transferred to the Secretary of the Air Force for use as part of the 
Melrose Air Force Range. The portion of the legal description ``New 
Mexico Prime Meridian'' is to be read as ``New Mexico Principal 
Meridian.''
    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the administrative 
jurisdiction for the public domain surface estate of the lands 
described in Section 1003(a)(2) of Public Law 106-554, is hereby 
transferred to the Secretary of the Army for use as part of the Yakima 
Training Center.

    Dated: July 3, 2001.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 01-19941 Filed 8-8-01; 8:45 am]
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