[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12600]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-010-1430-ET; UTU 42892]


Public Land Order No. 7567; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
62; Utah

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 
106.83 acres of public land withdrawn for protection of manganese ore 
in support of prosecution of World War II. The withdrawal is no longer 
needed. The land will be opened to surface entry, mining, and mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Demille, BLM Fillmore Field 
Office, 35 East 500 North, Fillmore, Utah 84631, 435-743-3127.

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. 62, which withdrew land to protect 
manganese ore in support of prosecution of World War II, is hereby 
revoked in its entirety as it affects the following described land:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 14 S., R. 11 W.,
Sec. 25, lots 3, 4, 5, and 6.

    The area described contains 106.83 acres in Juab County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on June 19, 2003, the land 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 10 a.m. on June 19, 2003, shall be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall 
be considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 10 a.m. on June 19, 2003, the land will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws and to the operation of 
the mineral leasing 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. State law 
governs acts required to establish a location and to initiate a right 
of possession 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 25, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-12600 Filed 5-19-03; 8:45 am]
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