[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22730-22731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10497]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930; COC-012768]


Public Land Order No. 7564; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 1659; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes Public Land Order No. 1659 
insofar as it affects 60 acres of National Forest System land withdrawn 
for a Forest Service recreation area. The land is no longer needed for 
this purpose, and the revocation is needed to consummate a pending land 
exchange. This action will open the land to such forms of disposition 
as may by law be made of National Forest System land and to mining. The 
land has been and remains open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 29, 2003.

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 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. 1659, which withdrew National Forest 
System lands for a recreation area and administrative sites, is hereby 
revoked insofar as it affects the following described land:

Pike National Forest

Sixth Principal Meridian

    Eleven-Mile Canyon Recreation Area
T. 13 S., R. 72 W.,
    sec. 20, lots 8, 16, and west 10 chains of lot 18.
    The area described contains 60 acres in Park County.
    2. At 9 a.m. on May 29, 2003 the land will be opened to such forms 
of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System land, 
including location and entry under the United States mining laws, 
subject to valid

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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 17, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Lands and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-10497 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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