[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10130]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-930-1430-ET; AZA 6630, AZA 9224, AZA 9683, and AZA 12162]


Expiration of Withdrawals and Opening of Lands; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Four public land orders, which withdrew 2,051 total acres of 
public lands from surface entry and mining, have expired. This order 
opens the lands to surface entry and mining.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff Yardley, BLM Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, 602-417-
9437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The following public land orders (PLOs), which withdrew public 
lands for the areas listed below, have expired:

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            PLO                      FR citation                      Area name               Expired     Acres
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5756......................  45 FR 63850 (1980)..........  Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation           9/25/2000    1,468
                                                           District.
5788......................  45 FR 82934 (1980)..........  Burro Creek Campground..........   12/16/2000      310
5954......................  46 FR 31892 (1981)..........  Border Patrol, Yuma Area Station    6/17/2001       20
6475......................  48 FR 45394 (1983)..........  Yuma Proving Grounds--Dept of       10/4/2003      253
                                                           Army.
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    2. Copies of the public land orders for the expired withdrawals, 
showing the lands involved, are available at the BLM Arizona State 
Office (address above).
    3. In accordance with 43 CFR 2091.6, at 10 a.m. on June 4, 2004, 
the lands withdrawn by the public land orders listed in Paragraph 1 
above will be opened to the operation of the public land laws 
generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m. 
on June 4, 2004, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that 
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of 
filing.
    4. In accordance with 43 CFR 2091.6, at 10 a.m. on June 4, 2004, 
the lands withdrawn by the public land orders listed in Paragraph 1 
above 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 any of the 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. State law 
governs acts required to establish a location and to initiate a right 
of possession 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: April 21, 2004.
Steven J. Gobat,
Acting Deputy State Director, Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-10130 Filed 5-4-04; 8:45 am]
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