[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26811]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-930-1430-01; COC-28248]


Public Land Order No. 7290; Revocation of Secretarial Order dated 
May 12, 1904; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Secretarial order that withdrew 160 acres 
of public land for the Bureau of Reclamation's Kremmling Reservoir, 
Colorado River Storage Project. The land is no longer needed for 
reclamation purposes, and the revocation is needed to allow for 
disposal by exchange. The land is temporarily closed to surface entry 
and mining due to a pending exchange proposal. The land has been and 
will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
    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 May 12, 1904, which withdrew public 
land for the Bureau of Reclamation's Kremmling Reservoir, Colorado 
River Storage Project, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 1 S., R. 80 W.,
    Sec. 5, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 160 acres in Grand County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on November 10, 1997, the land 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 November 10, 1997, 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 November 10, 1997, the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of any of the land described in this order under the 
general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), 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 determination in local courts.

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-26811 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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