[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 33234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13601]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY921000, L14300000.ET0000; WYW 167436]


Public Land Order No. 7790; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Parting of the Ways National Historic Site; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 40 acres of public land from settlement, 
sale, location, and entry under the general land laws, including the 
United States mining laws, for a period of 20 years to protect The 
Parting of the Ways National Historic Site. The land has been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Schurman, Realty Specialist, 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wyoming State Office, 5353 N. 
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009, 307-775-6189 or via email at 
[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 the above individual. The FIRS is available 24 
hours per day, 7 days per week, to leave a message or question with the 
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM manages the land to protect the 
nationally significant historic site. The historic site has pristine 
integrity, both in terms of physical trail remains and environmental 
setting, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 
Parting of the Ways National Historic Site is an historic fork in the 
Emigrant Trail (Oregon Trail, Mormon-Pioneer Trail, California Trail, 
and the Pony Express Trail) where emigrants had to decide whether to 
stay on the main route and head southwest towards Fort Bridger or veer 
right and cross some 50 waterless miles, known as the Sublette Cutoff.

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, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 
to protect The Parting of the Ways National Historic Site:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 26 N., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Sweetwater County.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
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), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-3.

    Dated: May 22, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2012-13601 Filed 6-4-12; 8:45 am]
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