[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-923-1430-ET; COC-70704]


Public Land Order No. 7735; Withdrawal of Public Lands To Protect 
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Maternity Roosts; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 22.36 acres of public lands from all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location 
under the United States mining laws, for a period of 20 years to 
protect three sites containing Townsend's Big-eared Bat maternity 
roosts. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing but 
no surface occupancy will be permitted on the sites.

DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Senti, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Colorado State Office, 303-239-3713.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal protects three Townsend's 
Big-eared Bat maternity roosts found in abandoned mine adits. The adits 
affected have been depleted of their mineral potential and were 
abandoned.

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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including location under the United States mining 
laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), but not from leasing under the minerals 
leasing laws, to protect sites containing maternity roosts of 
Townsend's Big-eared Bats:

New Mexico Principal Meridian;
UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator);
Coordinates Zone 12, E = Easting, N = Northing.

Cory Mine

T. 47 N., R. 17 W.,
    Sec. 11, a metes and bounds parcel in the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\: 
Beginning at Corner No. 1 NE (E = 699073, N = 4246679: running east 
593 feet to Corner No. 2 NE (E = 699255, N = 4246701): running south 
1,401 feet to Corner No. 3 SE (E = 699250, N = 4246275): running 
west 530 feet to Corner No. 4 SW (E = 699091, N = 4246255): running 
north 1,388 feet back to Corner No. 1 NW;

    The area described contains approximately 17.8 acres in Montrose 
County.

Pup Tent Mine

T. 49 N., R. 17 W.,
    Sec. 4, a metes and bounds parcel within lot 1 and the NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\: Beginning at Corner No. 1 NW (E = 694067, N = 4268314: 
running easterly 252 feet to Corner No. 2 NE (E = 694141, N = 
4268296): running south 252 feet to Corner No. 3 SE (E = 694143, N = 
4268220): running westerly 267 feet to Corner No. 4 SW (E= 694067, N 
= 4268251): running north 207 feet back To Corner No. 1 NW;

    The area described contains approximately 1.31 acres in Mesa 
County.

Mother Bat Mine

T. 43 N., R. 18 W.
    Sec. 15, a metes and bounds parcel within the SW\1/4\SE\1/4\: 
Beginning at Corner No. 1 NE (E = 689846, N = 4206148: running 
easterly 305 feet to Corner No. 2 NE (E = 689938, N = 4206144): 
running south 489 feet to Corner No. 3 SE (E = 689908, N = 4206000): 
running westerly 300 feet to Corner No. 4 SW (E = 689819, N = 
4206006: running north 475 feet back to Corner No. 1 SW.

    The area described contains approximately 3.25 acres in San 
Miguel County.
    The total areas described aggregate approximately 22.36 acres in 
Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 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: May 26, 2009.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E9-13638 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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