[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1639]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-921-1430-ET; WYW 142589]


Public Land Order No. 7688; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Protection of Yermo xanthocephalus Plant Habitat; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 360 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 20 years to protect Yermo 
xanthocephalus (Desert yellowhead) plant habitat.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
5353 N. Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-
775-6124.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land has been and will continue to 
remain open to mineral leasing.

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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect Yermo 
xanthocephalus plant habitat:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 31 N., R. 95 W.,
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 360.00 acres in Fremont County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
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: January 10, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-1639 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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