[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33180-33181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13773]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZAR 010997]


Public Land Order No. 7568; Partial Revocation of Pubic Land 
Order No. 3263; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a public land order insofar as it 
affects approximately 720 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn for the Clay-Gravel Plots, Pinal Mountain Plot, and Summit 
Watersheds Research Areas. The Forest Service has determined that the 
withdrawal is no longer needed on these areas. This action will open 
the lands to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff Yardley, BLM Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, 602-417-
9437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service has determined that the 
withdrawal is no longer needed on these research areas and has 
requested the revocation.

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:

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    1. Public Land Order No. 3263, which withdrew National Forest 
System lands in aid of various Forest System programs, is hereby 
revoked insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Tonto National Forest

Clay-Gravel Plots Research Area

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 17, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

Pinal Mountain Plot Research Area

T. 1 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 27, NE\1/4\.

Summit Watersheds Research Area

T. 2 N., R. 14 E.(unsurveyed),
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 720 acres in Gila 
County.

    2. At 10 a.m. on July 3, 2003, the lands 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: May 2, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-13773 Filed 6-2-03; 8:45 am]
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