[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2009)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31244]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-120-1430-ET; NMNM 113684]


Public Land Order No. 7721; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for Water Canyon Recreation Area Expansion; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 65 acres of National Forest System land 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 20 years on behalf of the Forest Service to protect the 
expansion to the Water Canyon Recreation Area. The land has been and 
will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

DATES: Effective Date: January 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Socorro Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 901 
S. Highway 85, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, and to the U.S. Forest 
Service Supervisor, Cibola National Forest, 2113 Osuna Road, NE., Suite 
A., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Williams, Cibola National Forest, 
at the above address or at (505) 346-3869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service will manage the land to 
protect the unique recreational and historical values and the 
investment of Federal funds at the Water Canyon Recreation Area. This 
is an expansion of the original recreation area which was withdrawn by 
Public Land Order No. 1155 (20 FR 3876 (1955)).

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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, (30 U.S.C. Ch.2 (2000)), to 
protect the unique recreational and historical values and the 
investment of Federal funds at the expansion of the Water Canyon 
Recreation Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Cibola National Forest

T. 3 S., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 65 acres in Socorro County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the 
disposal of the 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: December 12, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-31244 Filed 12-31-08; 8:45 am]
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