[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51701-51703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MTM 109072; 3411-15]


Public Land Order No. 7875; Emigrant Crevice Mineral Withdrawal; 
Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (Order) withdraws approximately 30,370 
acres of National Forest System lands from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws for a period of 20 years, subject to valid 
existing rights. The lands have been and will remain open to leasing 
under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

DATES: This Order takes effect on October 12, 2018.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Prill, Chief, Branch of Realty, 
Lands, and Renewable Energy at: Telephone: 406-896-5039, email: 
[email protected], Bureau of Land Management, Montana/Dakotas State 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101. Persons who use 
a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay 
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the 
above individual. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this Order is to protect and 
preserve the scenic integrity, important wildlife corridors, and high 
quality recreation values of the Emigrant and Crevice Areas located in 
the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park County, Montana.
    Portions of the withdrawn National Forest System lands are 
unsurveyed and the acres were obtained from protraction diagrams or 
calculated using the Geographic Information System.

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 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, but remain open to leasing 
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 6 S., R. 8 E.,
    Secs. 34 and 35;
    Sec. 36, lots 1 thru 8, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, and SE1/4SE1/4.
T. 7 S., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 10, lot 1, N1/2, N1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4, and SE1/4;
    Sec. 11, S1/2;
    Sec. 12, S1/2;
    Secs. 13, 14, and 15;
    Protracted blocks 37 thru 41.
T. 6 S., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 1 thru 6, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, and W1/
2SE1/4;
    Sec. 32, S1/2;
    Sec. 33, S1/2.
T. 7 S., R 9 E.,
    Sec. 9, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 10, W1/2, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 16 and 17, unsurveyed;
    protracted blocks 39 thru 45.
T. 8 S., R. 9 E.,
    Secs. 22 thru 26, unsurveyed, those portions not within the 
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
    protracted blocks 41 thru 46, those portions not within the 
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
    protracted blocks 47 and 48;
    protracted block 49, that portion not within the Absaroka-
Beartooth Wilderness;
    H.E.S. No. 856.
T. 9 S., R. 9 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2, those portions not within the Absaroka-Beartooth 
Wilderness;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/
4, and SE1/4;
    Sec. 4, lot 2, lots 5 thru 9, lots 12 thru 15, N1/2NE1/4, and 
NW1/4;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 thru 6, N1/2NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, and W1/
2SE1/4;
    Sec. 6, lot 1, lots 5 thru 12, NE1/4, and NE1/4NW1/4;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 and 6, S1/2NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/
4;
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10, SW1/4NW1/4, and SW1/4, 
excepting Wormsbecker Boundary Adjustment Tract, Certificate of 
Survey No. 792BA, filed in Park County, Montana, July 22, 1985, 
Document No. 186782;
    Sec. 9, lots 1, 3, and 4, lots 9 thru 15, and S1/2SE1/4;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 and 2, N1/2, SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4;
    Sec. 11, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, N1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, 
SE1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, those portions not within the Absaroka-
Beartooth Wilderness;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 thru 8, NW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4, and W1/2SE1/4, 
those portions not within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 9, NW1/4, and W1/2SW1/4;
    Sec. 16, lots 1 thru 5, E1/2, N1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4NW1/4;
    Sec. 17, lots 2 and 3, lots 5 thru 8, SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4NW1/4, 
SE1/4SW1/4, and SE1/4;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 6, NE1/4, El/2NW1/4, El/2SW1/4, and W1/
2SE1/4;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 14, NE1/4NW1/4, and NE1/4SE1/4, including 
the bed of the Yellowstone River;
    Sec. 20, lots 2 thru 5, N1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, lots 2 thru 13, W1/2NW1/4, and NW1/4SW1/4;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 10, NE1/4, and N1/2SE1/4, those portions 
not within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
    Tracts 37, 38, and 39;
    H.E.S. No. 253.

    The described lands aggregate approximately 30,370 acres in Park 
County.

    2. The following described non-Federal lands and non-Federal 
mineral rights are within the exterior boundaries of the Emigrant and 
Crevice Withdrawal. If title to these non-Federal lands or non-Federal 
mineral rights is subsequently acquired by the United States, the 
acquired lands and/or mineral rights will become subject to the terms 
and conditions of this Order.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 6 S., R. 8 E.,
    M.S. No. 10643, except that portion lying northerly of the line 
bet. secs. 25 and 36;
    M.S. No. 6079.
T. 7 S., R. 8 E.,
    M.S. No. 8838, except that portion lying westerly of the line 
bet. secs. 9 and 10.
Tps. 6 S., Rs. 8 and 9 E.,
    M.S. No. 6078.
Tps. 6 and 7 S., Rs. 9 E.,
    M.S. No. 4087;
    M.S. No. 4724.
T. 7 S., R. 9 E.,
    M.S. No. 58;
    M.S. No. 6705;
    M.S. No. 6706;
    M.S. No. 6707;
    M.S. No. 6939;
    M.S. No. 6940;
    M.S. No. 6941;
    M.S. No. 9015;
    M.S. No. 9858;
    M.S. No. 10229.
T. 9 S., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 20, lot 1 and SW1/4NW1/4;
    M.S. No. 46;
    M.S. No. 47;
    M.S. No. 44, that portion lying northerly of the E-W center line 
of the SE1/4 of sec. 8;
    M.S. No. 48;
    M.S. No. 61;
    M.S. No. 62, that portion lying northerly of the E-W center line 
of the SE1/4 of sec. 8;
    M.S. No. 4535;
    M.S. No. 4536;
    M.S. No. 4537;
    M.S. No. 4538;
    M.S. No. 4557;
    M.S. No. 4558;
    M.S. No. 4559;
    M.S. No. 4560;
    M.S. No. 4899;
    M.S. No. 4900;
    M.S. No. 4901;
    M.S. No. 4902;
    M.S. No. 4903;
    M.S. No. 4904;
    M.S. No. 4905;
    M.S. No. 5527;
    M.S. No. 5528;
    M.S. No. 5529;
    M.S. No. 5531;
    M.S. No. 5532;
    M.S. No. 5533;
    M.S. No. 5542;
    M.S. No. 5573A;
    M.S. No. 5573B;
    M.S. No. 5581;
    M.S. No. 5583;
    M.S. No. 5613;
    M.S. No. 5614;
    M.S. No. 5627;
    M.S. No. 5628;
    M.S. No. 5629;
    M.S. No. 5674;
    M.S. No. 5675;
    M.S. No. 5676;
    M.S. No. 5713;
    M.S. No. 5786;
    M.S. No. 5819;
    M.S. No. 5820;
    M.S. No. 6117;
    M.S. No. 6283;
    M.S. No. 6284;
    M.S. No. 6341;
    M.S. No. 6374;
    M.S. No. 6376;
    M.S. No. 6377;

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    M.S. No. 6657;
    M.S. No. 6930;
    M.S. No. 6931;
    M.S. No. 6999;
    M.S. No. 7000;
    M.S. No. 7001;
    M.S. No. 7002;
    M.S. No. 7003;
    M.S. No. 7004;
    M.S. No. 7005;
    M.S. No. 7006;
    M.S. No. 7007;
    M.S. No. 7008;
    M.S. No. 7108;
    M.S. No. 8869;
    M.S. No. 8876;
    M.S. No. 9023;
    M.S. No. 9024;
    M.S. No. 9035, that portion not within the Absaroka-Beartooth 
Wilderness;
    M.S. No. 9681;
    M.S. No. 9771;
    M.S. No. 9906;
    M.S. No. 10774;
    Wormsbecker Boundary Adjustment Tract, Certificate of Survey No. 
792BA, filed in Park County, Montana, July 22, 1985, Document No. 
186782.

    The described non-Federal lands and non-Federal mineral rights 
aggregate approximately 1,668 acres.

    3. 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.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this Order unless the withdrawal is extended by the Secretary prior to 
the expiration date as a result of a review conducted pursuant to 
Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714(f).

Ryan K. Zinke,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2018-22242 Filed 10-11-18; 8:45 am]
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