[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31881-31882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12420]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 42912 and UTU 42923]


Public Land Order No. 7707; Revocation of Two Withdrawal Orders 
for Provo River Reclamation Project; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Bureau of Reclamation Order and a 
Secretarial Order in their entireties as they affect 60 acres of 
National Forest System lands in Salt Lake and Wasatch Counties 
withdrawn from surface entry and mining and reserved on behalf of the 
Bureau of Reclamation for the Provo River Project. The lands are no 
longer needed for reclamation purposes. This order opens the lands to 
such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest 
System lands and to mining.

DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2008.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Flynn, Bureau of Land 
Management Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101-1345, 801-539-4132.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands are no longer needed for 
reclamation purposes and the Bureau of Reclamation has requested 
revocation of the withdrawals. A copy of the pertinent withdrawal 
orders containing a complete legal description of the lands involved is 
available from the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office at the 
address above.

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. The Bureau of Reclamation Order dated August 8, 1947 (12 FR 6095 
(1947)), and the Secretarial Order dated January 29, 1937, which 
originally withdrew approximately 60 acres of lands from surface entry 
and mining and reserved them on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation for 
the Provo River Project, are hereby revoked in their entireties.
    2. At 10 a.m. on July 7, 2008, the lands referenced in this order 
shall be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands, 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 lands 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: May 15, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-12420 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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