[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50457-50458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19579]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-046748]


Public Land Order No. 7527; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
2632; Colorado

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 
the remaining 10,119.14 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Savory-
Pot Hook Reclamation Project. The lands are no longer needed for 
reclamation purposes. This action will open the lands to surface entry 
and mining. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 3, 2002.

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. Public Land Order No. 2632, which withdrew public lands for the 
Bureau of Reclamation Savory-Pot Hook Project, is hereby revoked in its 
entirety insofar as it affects the remaining lands within the following 
Townships:

Sixth Principal Meridian
Tps. 11 and 12 N., R. 89 W.,
    T. 12 N., R. 90 W.,
Tps. 11 and 12 N., R. 91 W.,
    T. 11 N., R. 92 W.,
    T. 12 N., R. 93 W.,
    T. 12 N., R. 94 W.,
    T. 6 N., R. 99 W.

The areas described aggregate 10,119.14 acres in Moffat County.

    More specific legal descriptions showing sections and subdivisions 
may be obtained by contacting the address or

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phone number listed above. The documents may also be examined by the 
public during regular working hours at the Bureau of Land Management 
Colorado State Office.
    2. At 9 a.m. on September 3, 2002, the lands described in paragraph 
1 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 September 3, 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 September 3, 2002, the lands described in paragraph 
1 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 lands 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: July 2, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 02-19579 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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