[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 150 (Monday, August 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45242-45243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17833]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-75209; 8-08807]


Public Land Order No. 7713; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 7619 Dated October 6, 2004; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a Public Land Order insofar as it 
affects approximately 1,099.51 acres, more or less, of public lands 
withdrawn from surface entry and mining for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect public

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health and safety and to perform site reclamation activities of the 
Paradise Peak and County Line mines. The lands surrounding the County 
Line mine have been reclaimed and are no longer needed for reclamation 
purposes. This order opens those lands to surface entry and mining. The 
lands surrounding the Paradise Peak mine have not undergone complete 
reclamation and will remain withdrawn.

DATES: Effective Date: September 3, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Gratton, BLM, Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada 89520, 775-
861-6532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reclamation has been completed at the County 
Line mine site and the Bureau of Land Management has determined that 
the withdrawal is no longer needed to protect the public lands.

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. 7619 (69 FR 62286 (2004)), which withdrew 
land from surface entry and mining on behalf of the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect public health and safety and to perform 
reclamation activities at the County Line mine site, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 10 N., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1, 8, 9, 16, and 17, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 10 N., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 18, inclusive, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,099.51 acres, more or less, in 
Mineral and Nye counties.
    2. At 9 a.m. on September 3, 2008, the lands described in Paragraph 
1 will be opened to all forms of appropriation under the public land 
laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at or 
prior to 9 a.m. on September 3, 2008, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m. on September 3, 2008, the lands described in Paragraph 
1 shall be opened to 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 the lands 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: June 13, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-17833 Filed 8-1-08; 8:45 am]
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