[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13725-13726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6674]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-920-1430-ET; COC 28629]


Public Land Order No. 7557; Opening of Public Lands Under Section 
24 of the Federal Power Act; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, 419.65 acres of public lands withdrawn by a 
Secretarial Order which established Bureau of Land Management Power 
Site Classification No. 93. This action will permit consummation of a 
pending land disposal action with retention of the power rights to the 
United States. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing and, under the provisions of the Mining Claims Rights 
Restoration Act of 1955, to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, (303) 
239-3706.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Act of June 10, 1920, section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 
(1994), and pursuant to the determination of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in DVCO-559-000, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 9 a.m. on June 19, 2003, the following described public lands 
withdrawn by the Secretarial Order dated April 16, 1925, which 
established Power Site Classification No. 93, will be opened to 
disposal subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power 
Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
determination DVCO-559-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law:

Sixth Principal Meridian,

T. 9 N., R. 102 W.,
    Sec. 2, lots 7, 8, 16, 17, 20, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36;
    Sec. 3, lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, and NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 5.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 419.65 acres in Moffat 
County.
    2. The State of Colorado has a preference right for public highway 
rights-of-way or material sites for a period of 90 days from the date 
of publication of this order, and any location, entry, selection, or 
subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights granted the State as 
provided by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
818 (1994).

    Dated: March 5, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-6674 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]
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