[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 71941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-220-1430-ET; NMNM 66022]


Public Land Order No. 7686; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6675; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by 
Public Land Order No. 6675 for an additional 20-year period. This 
extension is necessary to continue the protection of the Bureau of Land 
Management's Quartzite and County Line Recreational Sites along the Rio 
Grande in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties.

DATES: Effective Date: May 6, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lora Yonemoto, BLM Taos Field Office, 
226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571, 505-751-4709.

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. 6675 (53 FR 16269), which withdrew 264.39 
acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location or entry under 
the general land laws including the mining laws to protect the 
recreational values and Federal investment in improvements at the 
Fishing Hole Recreational Site (now named Quartzite) and County Line 
Recreational Sites, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year 
period.
    2. Public Land Order No. 6675 will expire on May 5, 2028, unless, 
as a result of a review conducted prior to 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: November 13, 2007.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E7-24558 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
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