[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44355-44356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19125]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 42839 and UTU 42839A]


Public Land Order No. 7576; Partial Revocation of Secretarial 
Order Dated December 21, 1906; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a Secretarial Order insofar as it 
affects approximately 400 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn for Bryant's Fork, Strawberry, and Uinta River Administrative 
Sites. This action will open the lands to such forms of disposition as 
may by law be made of National Forest System lands and to mining, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Fryer, Forest Service, 
Intermountain Region, 324-25th Street, Ogden, Utah 84401-2310, 801-625-
5802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretarial Order dated December 21, 
1906, withdrew National Forest System lands for Bryant's Fork, 
Strawberry, and Uinta River Administrative Sites, and several other 
administrative sites (ranger stations). The Forest Service has 
determined that the withdrawal is no longer needed on the three 
administrative sites listed above and has requested the partial 
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:
    1. The Secretarial Order dated December 21, 1906, which withdrew 
National Forest System lands for several Forest Service administrative 
sites, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described 
lands:


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Uinta National Forest

Bryant's Fork Administrative Site

Uinta Special Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

Strawberry Administrative Site

Uinta Special Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 27, NE\1/4\.

Ashley National Forest

Uinta River Administrative Site

Uinta Special Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 400 acres.

    2. At 10 a.m. on August 27, 2003, the lands shall be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
lands, including 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 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: July 11, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-19125 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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