[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27635]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZAR 04543]


Public Land Order No. 7589; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 1161; 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 495 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn for recreational areas. This order opens 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: December 4, 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 a 
withdrawal is no longer needed on the lands described in Paragraph 1 
and has requested the partial revocation. The Carney Springs Recreation 
Area is within the Superstition Wilderness Area and will not be opened.

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. Public Land Order No. 1161, which withdrew National Forest 
System lands for administrative sites, recreational areas, and other 
public purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following 
described lands:

Tonto National Forest

Gila and Salt River Meridian

    (a) Bartlett Dam Recreation Area
T. 5 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

Bartlett Lake Recreation Area

T. 6 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Horseshoe Dam Recreation Area--Area No. 1

T. 7 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 2, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Horseshoe Dam Recreation Area--Area No. 2

T. 7 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

Lower Camp Creek Recreation Area

T. 6 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 1, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Sycamore Forest Camp

T. 11 N., R. 10 E., sec 7, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Upper Camp Creek Recreation Area

T. 7 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    (b) Carney Springs Recreation Area
T. 1 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 495 acres.
    2. At 10 a.m. on December 4, 2003, the lands described in Paragraph 
1(a) will 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 (2000), 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: October 20, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-27635 Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]
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