[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 68945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30622]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-030-1430-ET; NMNM 106227]


Public Land Order No. 7592; Withdrawal of Federal Mineral Estate 
Within the Red Rock Wildlife Area, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 712 acres of Federal 
mineral estate from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws for 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect desert 
bighorn sheep habitat within the Red Rock Wildlife Area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Rhinehart, BLM Las Cruces Field 
Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005, 505-525-4426.

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 Federal mineral estate in 
the following described lands is hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), to 
protect desert bighorn sheep habitat within the Red Rock Wildlife Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 18 S., R. 18 W.,
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

The areas described aggregate approximately 712 acres in Grant 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. 03-30622 Filed 12-9-03; 8:45 am]
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