[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25193]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-050-1430; NMNM 95118]


Public Land Order No. 7498; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Sawtooth Area of Critical Environmental Concern; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 116.12 acres of public land from location 
and entry under the United States Mining laws for a period of 25 years 
for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the federally listed Zuni 
Fleabane within the Sawtooth Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Bell, BLM Socorro Field Office, 
198 Neel Ave, NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, 505-835-0412.

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 public 
land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), to protect and preserve a 
population of Zuni Fleabane, Erigeron rhizomatus, and its habitat 
within the Sawtooth Area of Critical Environmental Concern:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 7, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 116.12 acres in Catron County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 25 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: August 15, 2001.
J. Steven Griles,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-25193 Filed 10-5-01; 8:45 am]
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