[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22942]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28260]


Public Land Order No. 7499; Revocation of Secretarial Order dated 
April 10, 1935; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Secretarial Order in its entirety as it 
affects the remaining 80.57 acres of public land withdrawn for the San 
Luis Drainage Reclamation Project. The land is no longer needed for 
reclamation purposes. The land has been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 303-239-
3706.

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. The Secretarial Order dated April 10, 1935, which withdrew 
public land for the Bureau of Reclamation San Luis Drainage Project, is 
hereby revoked in its entirety:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

    T. 42 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 1 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 80.57 acres in Saguache County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2001, the land will 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 October 15, 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 October 15, 2001, the land will 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 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 attempted 
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: August 21, 2001.
J. Steven Griles,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-22942 Filed 9-12-01; 8:45 am]
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