[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1465-1466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-326]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM110-1430-ET; NMNM 94904]


Public Land Order No. 7622; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 7291; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes Public Land Order No. 7291 
insofar as it affects 514.15 acres of public lands and 428.30 acres of 
federally reserved mineral interest underlying private surface estate 
withdrawn to protect an area having potential for the development of 
humate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field 
Office, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, (505) 761-8700.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The partial revocation is needed to reinstate 
a

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mining claim located on the subject lands and settle ongoing 
litigation.

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. 7291, is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described public lands withdrawn to protect an 
area having potential for development of humate:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 514.30 acres in Sandoval County.

    2. Public Land Order No. 7291, is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the federally reserved mineral interests in the following 
described lands withdrawn to protect an area having potential for 
development of humate:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 4, lot 2;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 428.30 acres in Sandoval County.

    3. At 10 a.m. on February 7, 2005, the lands described in paragraph 
1 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 February 7, 2005, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at 
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order 
of filing.
    4. At 10 a.m. on February 7, 2005, the lands described in 
paragraphs 1 and 2 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. 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: December 20, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-326 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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