[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 76180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31207]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTL06000.L14300000.ET0000; MTM 78802]


Notice of Realty Action: Termination of Segregation, Opening of 
Public Lands; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: This notice partially terminates the segregative effect of a 
proposed Alluvial Valley Floor (AVF) coal land exchange as to 961.09 
acres of public land located in Big Horn County, Montana. This order 
opens 360 acres to settlement, sale, location, and entry under the 
public land laws and the mining and mineral leasing laws. This order 
also opens 601.09 acres to the mining and mineral leasing laws.

DATES: December 6, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Perlewitz, BLM Montana State 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101, (406) 896-5159, 
[email protected] or Pam Wall, BLM Miles City Field Office, 111 
Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana 59301, (406) 233-2846, 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
(800) 877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals during normal 
business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question with either of the above individuals. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 10, 2009, the coal land was 
segregated for a proposed AVF coal land exchange. The following-
described land was removed from the exchange proposal and the 
segregative effect is hereby terminated:

1. Principal Meridian, Montana

(a) T. 8 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\.
T. 9 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 1, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 360.00 acres in Big Horn County.

(b) T. 9 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 1, Lots 1 to 4, W\1/2\E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 601.09 acres in Big Horn County.
    The total areas described in (a) and (b) aggregate 961.09 acres in 
Big Horn County.
    2. At 9 a.m. on December 6, 2011, the lands described in Paragraph 
1(a) above will be opened to the operation of 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 December 6, 2011, 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 December 6, 2011, the lands described in Paragraph 
1(a) and (b) above will be opened to location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the 
provision of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any of the 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 attempting adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 
38, 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.
    4. At 9 a.m. on December 6, 2011, the lands described in Paragraph 
1(a) and (b) above will be opened to the operation of the mineral 
leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2201.1-2(c)(2); 43 CFR 2091.3-2(b))


Jamie E. Connell,
Montana/Dakotas State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-31207 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
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