[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4419]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WYW 152420]


Public Land Order No. 7628; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,960.10 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect wild horse and wildlife habitat, and 
watershed, recreation, cultural, and scenic values within the Pryor 
Mountain Wild Horse Range.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 8, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Carroll, Bureau of Land 
Management, Billings Field Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101, 406-896-5242.

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 public 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), to protect wild horse and wildlife habitat, 
and watershed, recreation, cultural, and scenic values within the Pryor 
Mountain Wild Horse Range:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 58 N., R. 95 W.,
    Sec. 19, lot 2 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, Southwest Diagonal Half SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,960.10 acres in Big Horn County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
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 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 11, 2005.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-4419 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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