[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15816]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-34653]


Public Land Order No. 7642; Modification of Public Land Order No. 
6761; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order modifies Public Land Order No. 6761, which withdrew 
lands for the protection of archaeological sites, to allow for disposal 
by exchange. This action will open the lands to exchange only.

DATES: Effective August 10, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands have been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing. The lands containing archaeological values will not be 
exchanged until the sites have been mitigated.

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. 6761 (55 FR 862, January 10, 1990), which 
withdrew 378.84 acres of public lands to protect the Windy Gap 
Archaeological Site, is hereby modified to allow for disposal of the 
lands by exchange in accordance with Section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 
1716 (2000).
    2. The lands referenced in Paragraph 1 are hereby made available 
for exchange in accordance with Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of October 21, 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1716 (2000), subject 
to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law.

    Dated: July 19, 2005.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-15816 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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