[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 30957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11444]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-59476]


Expiration of Public Land Order No. 7253 and Opening of Land; 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 7253, which withdrew 21,969.012 acres of 
public land from surface entry and mining, expired on April 7, 2002. 
The withdrawal was not extended because land use planning to 
demonstrate a need for continuation of the withdrawal was not 
completed. This notice will open the land to surface entry and mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Ann Hufnagle, Carson City Field 
Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, Nevada 89701, 775-885-6000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 2002, Public Land Order No. 7253 
expired under it own terms. The purpose of this withdrawal was to 
protect recreational, cultural, wildlife, riparian, and watershed 
values in the Pah Rah Range while the Bureau of Land Management 
completed land use planning for the land. The withdrawal was not 
extended because land use planning to demonstrate a need for 
continuation of the withdrawal was not completed. The land included in 
the withdrawal was described in the public land order published as FR 
Doc. 97-8960, 62 FR 16866-16867, April 8, 1997.
    At 9 a.m. on June 7, 2002, the land described in Public Land Order 
No. 7253 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. 
June 7, 2002, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. 
Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    At 9 a.m. on June 7, 2002, the land described in Public Land Order 
No. 7253 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: April 5, 2002.
John O. Singlaub,
Manager, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 02-11444 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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