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the road and adjacent areas; and to help

prevent the public from becoming stuck

and stranded during the winter months.

The seasonal road closure does not

restrict any Federal, State or local law

enforcement officers, BLM or Wyoming

Game and Fish Department employees

in performance of their duties, or any

person authorized by the BLM through

permit, lease or contract.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

James Murkin,

Acting Casper District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–23060 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–930–1310–01); (NMNM 89026)]

New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement

of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease NMNM 89026 for lands

in San Juan County, New Mexico, was

timely filed and was accompanied by all

required rentals and royalties accruing

from June 1, 1997, the date of

termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre

or fraction thereof and 162⁄3 percent,

respectively. The lessee has paid the

required $500 administrative fee and

has reimbursed the Bureau of Land

Management for the cost of this Federal

Register notice.

The Lessee has met all the

requirements for reinstatement of the

lease as set out in Sections 31 (d) and

(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920

(30 USC 188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

the lease effective June 1, 1997, subject

to the original terms and conditions of

the lease and the increased rental and

royalty rates cited above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lourdes B. Ortiz, Bureau of Land

Management, New Mexico State Office,

(505) 438–7586.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Lourdes B. Ortiz,

Land Law Examiner.

[FR Doc. 97–23082 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–5101–00–GO19; NMNM97487]

Notice of Right-of-Way Application

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of right-of-way

application; New Mexico.

SUMMARY: An application, serialized as

NMNM97487, was received for a

pipeline.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant

to Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act

of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185), El

Paso Field Services Company applied

for a 30 inch diameter pipeline right-ofway, 3.2 miles in length with an

additional 1.6 miles located on State or

private land in New Mexico. The project

is associated with 15 other pipeline

segments of various diameters (looping

existing lines to relieve pressure and

increase the volume of natural gas being

produced) and five compressor stations.

The proposed line crosses the following

lands in Rio Arriba and San Juan

Counties.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 8 W.,

Sec. 3, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4.

T. 30 N. R. 8 W.,

Sec. 30, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 34, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The purpose of this notice is to inform

the public that the Bureau will make a

decision on approving the right-of-way,

and if so, the terms and conditions.

Interested persons desiring to express

their views should promptly send their

name and address to the Assistant

District Manager for Lands and

Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land

Management, 1235 La Plata Highway,

Suite A, Farmington, New Mexico

87401.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Ilyse K. Auringer,

Land Resources Team Leader.

[FR Doc. 97–23047 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–0777–63; GP7–0065; OR–19164]

Public Land Order No. 7279;

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

March 23, 1935; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes in its

entirety a Secretarial order which

withdrew 120 acres of public land for

the Bureau of Land Management’s

Powersite Classification No. 287. The

land is no longer needed for the purpose

for which it was withdrawn. This action

will open the land to surface entry. The

land has been and will remain open to

mining and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6155.

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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial Order dated March

23, 1935, which established Powersite

Classification No. 287, is hereby

revoked in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Revested Oregon and California Railroad

Grant Land

T. 18 S., R. 6 W.,

Sec. 5, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The area described contains 120 acres in

Lane County.

2. The State of Oregon has a

preference right for public highway

right-of-way or material sites for a

period of 90 days from the date of

publication of this order and any

location, entry, selection, or subsequent

patent shall be subject to any rights

granted the State as provided by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

3. At 8:30 a.m. on November 28, 1997,

the land described in paragraph 1 will

be opened to such forms of disposition

as may by law be made of Revested

Oregon and California Railroad Grant

Land, 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

8:30 a.m., on November 28, 1997, will

be considered as simultaneously filed at