[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 8610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2292]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-920-1430-FQ; COC-28243]


Public Land Order No. 7654; Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated 
December 15, 1942, and Public Land Order No. 4670; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Secretarial Order and a Public Land Order 
in their entireties as they affect 2,333.19 acres of National Forest 
System land withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Battlement Mesa 
Project. This order opens the land to mining and to such forms of 
disposition as may by law be authorized on National Forest System land.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 303-239-
3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project was never constructed and the 
Bureau of Reclamation has determined that this land is no longer needed 
for reclamation purposes and has requested the revocation.

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(a) (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Secretarial Order dated December 15, 1942, and Public Land 
Order No. 4670 (34 FR 9860, June 26, 1969), which withdrew National 
Forest System land for the Bureau of Reclamation Battlement Mesa 
Project, are hereby revoked in their entireties:

Grand Mesa National Forest Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 9 S., R. 92 W.,
    Sec. 24, lots 2, 3, and 4, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, lot 1, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, NW\1/4\.
T. 10 S., R. 92 W.,
    Sec. 1, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 2,333.19 acres in Mesa County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on March 20, 2006, the land will be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be authorized on National Forest 
System land, including 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 (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: January 25, 2006.
Mark Limbaugh,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E6-2292 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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