[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27003]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-930-1430-ET; NMNM 56990]


Expiration of Bureau of Reclamation Withdrawal and Opening of 
Land; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 6607 which withdrew public land for use 
by the Bureau of Reclamation as a quarry site has expired. This notice 
opens the land to settlement, sale, location, and entry under the 
general land laws, including the United States mining laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 26, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Espinosa, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-
7597.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. Public Land Order No. 6607 which withdrew the following 
described land for use by the Bureau of Reclamation as a quarry site 
for the construction and maintenance of the Brantley Dam expired on 
June 3, 1995.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Eddy County.
    2. At 10 a.m. on November 26, 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 November 26, 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 November 26, 2003, the land 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. Public 
Land Order No. 6607 did not withdraw the lands from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws. 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 (2000), shall 
vest no rights against the United States.

    Dated: September 15, 2003.
Carsten F. Goff,
Deputy State Director, Resource Planning, Use, and Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-27003 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
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