[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 245 (Friday, December 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 77834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29891]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 6443, UTU 012532, and UTU 0146037]


Opening of National Forest System Lands; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 7708 partially revoked 3 Public Land 
Orders and revoked 1 Public Land Order in its entirety. This order 
opens part of those previously withdrawn lands to mining and opens the 
remainder to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands and to mining.

DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2009.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Public Land Order No. 7708 (73 FR 31880 
(2008)) revoked Public Land Order No. 1391 (22 FR 1003 (1957)) insofar 
as it affected the lands described below. The United States Forest 
Service has decided that those previously withdrawn lands, described 
below, can 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:

Uinta National Forest

Uinta Special Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 23, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 140 acres in Wasatch County.

    2. Public Land Order No. 7708 (73 FR 31880 (2008)) revoked Public 
Land Order Nos. 4060 (31 FR 10033 (1966)), 4567 (34 FR 1139 (1969)), 
and 4664 (34 FR 8915 (1969)) insofar as they affected the lands 
described below. The United States Forest Service has decided that 
those previously withdrawn lands, described below, can be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws:

Uinta National Forest

Uinta Special Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 23, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 1, all lands West of the 7,600 foot elevation contour in 
lots 1 and 8 (lands inside the Lone Peak Wilderness).
T. 10 S., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
T. 7 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 8 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate 287 acres in Utah and Wasatch 
Counties.

    3. At 10 a.m. on January 20, 2009, the lands described in Paragraph 
1 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 and the lands described in Paragraph 2 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 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.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2091.6.

    Dated: December 11, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-29891 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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