[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28965]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NMNM 109118]


Public Land Order No. 7591; Withdrawal of Lands for the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,920.80 acres of lands from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, for a period of 20 years, 
for protection, operation and maintenance of the Department of Homeland 
Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russ Sorensen, BLM Carlsbad Field 
Office, 620 East Greene, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220, (505) 234-5963.

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 lands 
are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), for the Department of Homeland 
Security to protect, operate, and maintain their Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 16 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, S\1/2\S\1/2\.
T. 17 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,920.80 acres in Eddy 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 30, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-28965 Filed 11-19-03; 8:45 am]
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