[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: 04-5750]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NMNM 94899, NMNM 94902, NMNM 94903]


Public Land Order No. 7599; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for the Capilla Peak, La Mosca Peak, and Microwave Electronic 
Sites; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 329.44 acres of National Forest System 
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws for 
20 years to protect the Capilla Peak, La Mosca Peak, and Microwave 
Electronic Sites.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Jaramillo, BLM Albuquerque 
Field Office, 435 Montano NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 505-761-
8779.

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National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), to 
protect the Capilla Peak, La Mosca Peak, and Microwave Electronic 
Sites:

Cibola National Forest

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Capilla Peak Electronic Site

T. 5 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 3, W\1/2\ lot 2, E\1/2\ lot 3, E\1/2\W\1/2\ lot 3, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.
T. 6 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

La Mosca Peak Electronic Site

T. 12 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Microwave Electronic Site

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

    The areas described aggregate 329.44 acres in Cibola and Torrance 
Counties.
    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: February 24, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-5750 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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