[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28312]


Public Land Order No. 7520; Revocation of Executive Order No. 
1405; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive Order in its entirety as it 
affects 60 acres of public land withdrawn for the United States Forest 
Service Sapinero Guard Station. This action will open the land to 
surface entry and mining. The land has been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 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. Executive Order No. 1405, dated August 25, 1911, which withdrew 
public land for the United States Forest Service Sapinero Guard 
Station, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Gunnison National Forest

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 49 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 60 acres in Gunnison County.
    2. At 9 a.m. on May 13, 2002, 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 May 13, 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 May 13, 2002, 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: March 25, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8894 Filed 4-11-02; 8:45 am]
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