[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 89 (Friday, May 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25604-25605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-050-1430-ET; MTM 91719]


Public Land Order No. 7602: Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Axolotl Lakes Area; MT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 400.92 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect wetland, riparian, fishery, recreation, and 
scenic values acquired in the Axolotl Lakes Area.

DATES: Effective Date: May 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Brown, BLM Dillon Field Office, 
100 Selway Drive, Dillon, Montana 59725, 406-683-2337, or Sandra Ward,

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BLM Montana State Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-
896-5052.

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 land 
is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location or entry under the 
general land laws, including the United States mining laws 30 U.S.C. 
Ch. 2 (2000), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to 
protect resources acquired in the Axolotl Lakes area:

Principal Meridian, Montana

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

    Tract C, as shown on Perrault No. 1 Minor Subdivision Plat filed in 
Book 4 of Plats, Page 267, in the records of Madison County, Montana, 
and being a tract of land located in the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of sec. 8of T. 7 
S., R. 2 W., and;
    Tract D, as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 1277, filed in Book 
7 of Surveys, Page 1277, in the records of Madison County, Montana, and 
being a tract of land located in S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of sec. 8 and the S\1/
2\N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\ of sec. 9 of T. 7 S., R. 2 W.The area described 
contains 400.92 acres in Madison County.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 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: April 21, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-10435 Filed 5-6-04; 8:45 am]
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