Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Friday, October 17, 1997 / Notices 54125

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be held at the Eagle

Municipal Library, 600 Broadway,

Eagle, Colorado. Agenda items include

the introduction of the new BLM

Colorado State Director, subcommittee

reports, and wilderness inventory

update.

All resource advisory council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meetings. Per-person time limits for oral

statements may be set to allow all

interested persons an opportunity to

speak.

Summary minutes of council

meetings are maintained in both the

Grand Junction and Craig District

Offices. They are available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Mark T. Morse,

Grand Junction/Craig District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–27611 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–010–1430–01; NMNM 94904/G–010-G7–

0252]

Public Land Order No. 7291;

Withdrawal of Public Lands and

Federal Minerals to Allow Sale of

Humate; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws

1,188.30 acres of public lands from

surface entry and mining, and 988.40

acres of federally reserved mineral

interests underlying private surface

estate from mining, for a period of 20-

years, for the Bureau of Land

Management to protect an area having

potential for development of humate (a

carbonaceous shale) from encumbrances

due to mining claim location. The lands

have been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debby Lucero, BLM Rio Puerco

Resource Area Office, 435 Montano

Road NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico

87107, 505–761–8787.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the

following described public lands are

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale,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 (1994)),

but not from leasing under the mineral

leasing laws, to protect an area having

potential for development of humate (a

carbonaceous shale) from encumbrances

due to mining claim location:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 4, lots 1 and 3, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, W1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 17, E1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 20, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 20 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 27, S1⁄2N1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 33, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

1,188.30 acres in Sandoval County.

2. Subject to valid existing rights, the

federally reserved mineral interests in

the following described lands are hereby

withdrawn from the United States

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)),

but not from leasing under the mineral

leasing laws, to protect an area having

potential for development of humate (a

carbonaceous shale) from encumbrances

due to mining claim location:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 3, lot 3, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 4, lot 2; sec. 9, E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 21, NE1⁄4.

T. 20 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 33, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 34, W1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 988.40

acres in Sandoval County.

3. The surface estate of the lands

described in paragraph 2 is non-Federal.

If the United States subsequently

acquires these lands, the lands will be

subject to the terms and conditions of

this withdrawal.

4. The withdrawal made by this order

does not alter the applicability of those

public land laws governing the use of

the lands under lease, license, or permit,

or governing the disposal of their

mineral or vegetative resources other

than under the mining laws.

5. 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) (1994), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–27587 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–AG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–050–08–1430–01; AZA 30301]

Arizona: Notice of Reality Action;

Classification of Public Land for

Recreation and Public Purposes Lease

or Conveyance, La Paz County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reality action.

SUMMARY: The following described

public lands in La Paz County have

been examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance

under the provisions of the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act, as amended

(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 S., R. 23 W.,

Sec. 5, portion of lot 8.

Containing 4.65 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: La Paz

County has filed a Recreation and

Public Purposes Act application for a

park and interpretative historic museum

that would be located near the

community of Cibola, approximately 3

miles east of the Colorado River. This

facility is needed in order to serve the

public demand for both day use park

facilities and cultural facilities. The

lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. Lease or conveyance is

consistent with current Bureau of Land

Management land use planning and

would be in the public interest.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions, and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

minerals.

4. All valid existing rights

documented on the official public land

records at the time of lease issuance.

5. Any other reservations that the

authorized officer determines

appropriate to ensure public access and