[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7393-7394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3962]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-3984]


Public Land Order No. 7511; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
4536; CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order in its entirety as to 
640 acres

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of public land withdrawn for the Department of Energy as an 
experimental area. The land will be opened to surface entry, mining, 
and mineral leasing.

Effective Date: March 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 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. Public Land Order No. 4536, which withdrew public land for the 
Department of Energy (formerly the Atomic Energy Commission) Project 
Bronco experimental area, is hereby revoked in its entirety as to the 
following described land:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T.1 N., R. 98 W.,
    Sec. 14, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 640 acres in Rio Blanco County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on March 21, 2002, the land described above 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 9:00 a.m. March 21, 2002, 
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 March 21, 2002, the land described above 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 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: January 30, 2002.
J. Steven Griles,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3962 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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