[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 54739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23827]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-59980]


Public Land Order No. 7582; Withdrawal of Public Land and 
Reserved Federal Mineral Interest for the Rio Blanco Project Site; 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 200 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining and 160 acres of reserved Federal mineral interest 
from mining, for the Department of Energy for a 50-year period to 
protect the public from subsurface contamination at the Rio Blanco 
Project Site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2003.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land will remain open to mineral 
leasing, subject to approval by the Department of Energy.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described land 
is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and entry under 
the public land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 
U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), but not the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
public from subsurface contamination at the Department of Energy Rio 
Blanco Project Site:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 98 W.,
    sec. 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 11, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 14, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 200 acres in Rio Blanco County.
    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
reserved Federal mineral interest is withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch 2 (2000)), but not 
the mineral leasing laws, to protect the public from subsurface 
contamination at the Department of Energy Rio Blanco Project Site:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 98 W.,
    sec. 11, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 14, E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 160 acres in Rio Blanco County.
    3. The Bureau of Land Management will maintain jurisdiction over 
surface management of the land described in Paragraph 1.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of 
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: September 3, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-23827 Filed 9-17-03; 8:45 am]
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