[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1633-1634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-595]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau Of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-FM; N-74701]


Esmeralda County, Nevada; Notice of Realty Action: Termination of 
Segregation; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of termination of segregation.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates the segregative effect on land known as 
the Chiatovich Land Exchange and opens the land to operation under the 
public land laws and the mining laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Bureau of Land 
Management, William S. Fisher, Assistant Field Manager, Tonopah Field 
Station, Post Office Box 911, Tonopah, NV 89049-0911.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Barlow, Realty Specialist, at 
the above address or telephone (775) 482-7806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority delegated by 
appendix 1 of Bureau of Land Management Manual 1203 dated November 25, 
1998, that portion identified below as being part of the Chiatovich 
Exchange is hereby terminated in its entirety:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

Silver Peak

T. 2 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
(portion of) NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, (portion of) SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.


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    Containing 440.0 acres, more or less in Esmeralda County.

Goldfield

T. 2 S., R. 42 E.,
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 20.0 acres more or less in Esmeralda County.

    Notation to the public land records effective on October 22, 2001, 
segregated the proposed exchange lands from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including location under the 
United States mining laws and the mineral leasing laws. The exchange 
proposal has been withdrawn, therefore, is no longer needed. At 9 a.m. 
on February 12, 2003, the lands described above 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 lands under the general mining laws prior to the date 
and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted 
appropriation, including adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, 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: November 13, 2002.
William S. Fisher,
Assistant Field Manager, Tonopah.
[FR Doc. 03-595 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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