[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23792]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-75209; 4-08808]


Public Land Order No. 7619; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Paradise Peak Mine Site Reclamation; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,894.88 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining, for a period of 10 years, for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect public health and safety, as well as the 
reclamation efforts of land contaminated by previous mining operations 
at the Paradise Peak Mine Site.

DATES: Effective October 25, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 775-861-6532.

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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect public 
health and safety, as well as the reclamation efforts of land 
contaminated by previous mining operations at the Paradise Peak Mine 
Site:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 10 N., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 10 N., R. 36 E., Sec. 6;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\ NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
    The area described contains 1,894.88 acres in Nye County.

    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 their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 10 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.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(a); 43 CFR 2310.3-3(b)(1))

    Dated: October 6, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-23792 Filed 10-22-04; 8:45 am]
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