Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 196 / Thursday, October 9, 1997 / Notices 52767

the Forest Service’s Gazelle Mountain

fire lookout site, is hereby revoked

insofar as it affects the following

described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 41 N., R. 7 W.,

Sec. 8, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

The area described contains 40 acres in

Siskiyou County.

2. Public Land Order No. 2618 (CAS

051740), and Public Land Order No.

4845 (CAS 2816), which withdrew

public land for the Bureau of Land

Management’s Copco Lake Access Area,

are hereby revoked insofar as they affect

the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 48 N., R. 4 W.,

Sec. 34, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

and W1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The area described contains 200 acres in

Siskiyou County.

3. The above described lands are

hereby made available for exchange

under Section 206 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43

U.S.C. 1716 (1994).

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–26814 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

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.

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, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 6, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4.

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]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–935–1430–01; COC–28607, COC–

28644]

Public Land Order No. 7288; Partial

Revocation of an Executive Order and

a Secretarial Order; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes

an Executive order and a Secretarial

order insofar as they affect 3,815.40

acres of National Forest System lands

withdrawn for waterpower purposes.

These lands no longer have waterpower

value. The withdrawals will be revoked

and the lands opened to such forms of

disposition as may by law be made of

National Forest System lands to allow

for an exchange. The lands have been

open to mining under the provisions of

the Mining Claims Rights Restoration

Act of 1955, and these provisions are no

longer required. The lands have been

and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 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 Executive Order dated March

21, 1914, which established Power Site

Reserve No. 427, and the Secretarial

Order dated July 1, 1944, which

established Power Site Classification

No. 362, are hereby revoked insofar as

they affect the following described

National Forest System lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Arapaho National Forest

T. 2 N., R. 71 W.,

Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, and S1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S1⁄2N1⁄2.

T. 3 N., R. 71 W.,

Sec. 19, lots 9 to 13, inclusive;

Sec. 20, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 21, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 31, lots 11 and 12;

Sec. 32, lots 8, 9, and 12 to 15, inclusive;

Sec. 33, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, and 11 to 14,

inclusive.

T. 2 N., R. 72 W.,

Sec. 2, SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 5, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 7, lots 11 and 14;

Sec. 10, lots 1, 4, 5, and 7 to 16, inclusive;