[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5749]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZAR 05427]


Public Land Order No. 7598; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 1229; 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 284 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn for the Deadman Lookout Site, Knob Hill Administrative Site, 
and T-6 Spring Recreation Area. This order opens the National Forest 
System lands to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 2004.

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 The lands withdrawn for the 
Knob Hill Administrative Site have been conveyed out of Federal 
ownership and this is a record-clearing action only for those lands.

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. 1229, which withdrew National Forest 
System lands for campgrounds, recreation areas, and other public 
purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following 
described lands:

Coconino National Forest

Gila and Salt River Meridian

(a) Deadman Lookout Site

T. 24 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

T-6 Spring Recreation Area

T. 16 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

(b) Knob Hill Administrative Site

T. 21 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 284 acres in Coconino 
and Yavapai Counties.
    2. At 10 a.m. on April 14, 2004, the lands described in Paragraph 
1(a) 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. Appropriation of these lands 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: February 24, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-5749 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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