[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3519]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-010-1430-ES; NMNM 45778-04]


Order Providing for Opening of Land; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens land to the public land laws generally, 
including the mining laws. The land has been and remains open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The land will be open to entry at 8 a.m. March 28, 
2005.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990, Recreation and Public Purposes 
Patent 30-91-0004 issued to the Village of Milan for recreation 
purposes. The land was not being used for the purposes conveyed; 
therefore, the Village of Milan conveyed the following described land 
back to the United States.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 11 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 465.28 acres in Cibola County.
    At 8 a.m. March 28, 2005, the land 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 8 a.m. on March 28, 2005, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    At 8.a.m on March 28, 2005, the land 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 land 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 (1988), shall vest no rights against the United States. State law 
governs 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 possessor rights since Congress 
has provided for such determination in local courts.

    Dated: May 25, 2004.
Edwin J. Singleton,
Field Manager.
    Editorial note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register February 18, 2005.
[FR Doc. 05-3519 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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