[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44152-44153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21178]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-010-1430-ET; MTM 89001]


Public Land Order No. 7492; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Four Dances Natural Area; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 765 acres of public land from location or 
entry under the United States mining laws for 20 years for the Bureau 
of Land Management to protect recreational and natural values at the 
Four Dances Natural Area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
406-896-5052, or Tom Carroll, BLM Billings Field Office, 406-896-5242, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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is hereby withdrawn from location or entry under the United States 
mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), to protect recreational and 
natural values at the Four Dances Natural Area:

Principal Meridian, Montana

PARCEL A: T. 1 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\ of lot 6.

    EXCEPTING therefrom the following 2 tracts of land:
    1. That part conveyed to the State of Montana for the benefit 
and use of its State Highway Commission by Bargain and Sale Deed 
recorded June 16, 1960, in Book 700, Page 407, under Document 
#643695, records of Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly 
described as follows: ``938+00 to 945+63
    A tract of land in the S\1/2\ of lot 6, sec. 34, T. 1 N., R. 26 
E., more particularly described as follows:
    All that land in said S\1/2\ of lot 6 lying on the Northwesterly 
side of a line which is parallel to and 110 feet distant 
Southeasterly when measured at right angles from the following 
described center line:
    Beginning at a point on the center line of Montana Interstate 
Highway Project I 90-8 (5) 433, which said point is South 2107.0 
feet, and West 1434.7 feet, more or less, from the Northeast corner 
of said sec. 34;
    Thence from the said point of beginning N. 71 deg.09'30" E., 
200.0 feet to a point;
    Also, all that land in said S\1/2\ of lot 6 lying on the 
Northwesterly side of a line which is parallel to and 170 feet 
distant Southeasterly when measured at right angles from the 
following described center line;
    Thence continuing from the last described point N. 71 deg.09'30" 
E., 563.0 feet, more or less, to a point on the center line of said 
Montana Interstate Highway Project I 90-8 (5) 433, which said point 
is South 1860.5 feet, and West 712.6 feet, more or less, from the 
Northeast corner of said sec. 34.''
    2. Certificate of Survey No. 2933.

PARCEL B: T. 1 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 34, lots 7 and 8, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
PARCEL C: T. 1 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 35, That part of the S\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying South of the Main 
Canal of the Lockwood Irrigation Ditch and West of the Coburn Road 
as said Ditch and Coburn Road existed on September 19, 1940.

    EXCEPTING therefrom the following 3 tracts of land:
    1. That part conveyed to the State of Montana for the benefit 
and use of its State Highway Commission by Bargain and Sale Deed 
recorded February 25, 1964, in Book 783, Page 368, under Document 
#725524, records of Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly 
described as follows: ``0+00.0 to 1+06.7 connection road to Coburn 
Lane
    A tract of land in that particular tract of land which is 
described as the fractional S\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying South of the Main 
Canal of the Lockwood Irrigation Ditch and West of the Coburn Road 
in sec. 35, T. 1 N., R. 26 E. The tract of land to be conveyed being 
more particularly described as follows:
    All that land in said particular tract of land lying Easterly of 
a line, which is increasing in distance from 40 feet distant 
Westerly to 70 feet distant Westerly when measured at right angles 
from the following described center line:
    Beginning at Engineer's Station 0+00.0 on the center line of the 
connection road to Coburn Lane of the Montana State Highway Project 
I 90-8 (5) 433, which said Station 0+00.0 is South 1527.5 feet and 
West 0.2 feet, more or less, from the North Quarter corner of said 
sec. 35;
    Thence N. 2 deg.25'15" E., 84.3 feet, to Engineer's Station 
0+84.3 on said center line of the connection road to Coburn Lane, 
which said Station 0+84.3 is South 1443.3 feet, and East 3.4 feet, 
more or less, from said North Quarter corner of said sec. 35; Also, 
all that land in said particular tract of land lying Easterly of a 
line which is parallel to and 70 feet distant Westerly when measured 
at right angles from the following described center line:
    Beginning at Engineer's Station 0+93.0 on said center line of 
the connection road to Coburn Lane, which said Station 0+93.0 is 
South 1518.8 feet, and East 0.2 feet, more or less, from said North 
Quarter corner of said sec. 35;
    Thence N. 4 deg.39'19" W., 75.6 feet, to Engineer's Station 
1+68.6 on said center line of the connection road to Coburn Lane, 
which said Station 1+68.6 is South 1359.3 feet, and West 3.5 feet, 
more or less, from said North Quarter corner of said sec. 35.''
    2. Certificate of Survey No. 2933.
    3. Certificate of Survey No. 2932.

PARCEL D: T. 1 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 35, That part of the SW\1/4\ lying West of the County Road 
known as the Coburn Road as said Coburn Road existed on September 
19, 1940.
PARCEL E: That part of E\1/2\NW\1/4\ of sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 26 E., 
described as Certificate of Survey No. 827 on file in the office of 
the Clerk and Recorder of said County, under Document #629995.
PARCEL F: T. 1 S., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 4, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;

    EXCEPTING therefrom the following 2 tracts of land:
    1. Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M.
    2. Amended Tract 1, Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M.

PARCEL G: T. 1 S., R. 26 E.,

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    Sec. 2, lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

    EXCEPTING therefrom the following 2 tracts of land:
    1. Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M.
    2. Amended Tract 1, Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M.
PARCEL H: T. 1 S., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 1, SW\1/4\;

    EXCEPTING therefrom the following 3 tracts of land:
    1. That part conveyed to the State of Montana for the benefit 
and use of its State Highway Commission by Bargain and Sale Deed 
recorded September 22, 1950, in Book 377, Page 461, under Document 
#468688, records of Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly 
described as follows:
    ``A tract of land in SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 
26 E., more particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at a point in the said SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, which 
said Point is North 53.0 feet, and West 379.0 feet, more or less, 
from the South quarter corner of said sec. 1;
    thence from said point of beginning N. 31 deg.12\1/2\' W., 285.9 
feet;
    thence S 28 deg.47\1/2\' W., 285.9 feet;
    thence N. 88 deg.47\1/2\' E., 285.9 feet to the point of 
beginning.''
    2. That part described as Certificate Of Survey No. 823 on file 
in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said County, under 
Document #627700.
    3. Certificate of Survey No. 2865.

PARCEL I: That part of the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ of sec. 1 and the NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 2, T. 1 S., R. 26 E., described as Tract 1, of 
Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M on file in the office of the Clerk 
and Recorder of said County, under Document #1371733.

    EXCEPT Amended Tract 1, Certificate of Survey No. 2347-M.
    The area described contains 765 acres in Yellowstone County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 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: July 31, 2001.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
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