[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27005]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[140NMNM 103685]


Public Land Order No. 7587; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for Langmuir Principal Research Site; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 852 acres of National 
Forest System land from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws for 20 years to protect the Langmuir Principal Research 
Site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Bell, BLM Socorro Field Office, 
198 Neel Avenue NW., Socorro, New Mexico 87801, 505-835-0412.

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), to protect 
the Langmuir Principal Research Site:

Cibola National Forest

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 5, lot 2 and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 5 and 6, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 852 acres in Socorro 
County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 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) (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: October 6, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-27005 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
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