[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65711-65712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32607]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-038-1430-00-257A; NMNM 95118 and NMNM 0554544]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Partial Termination of 
Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Classification, NMNM 0554544; New 
Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The BLM proposes to withdraw 680 acres of land to protect the 
scenic and recreational values and facilities at the Datil Well 
Campground in Catron County, New Mexico. This notice closes the public 
land for up to

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2 years from location and entry under the United States mining laws. 
The public land will remain open to mineral leasing. This notice 
terminates R&PP Classification NMNM 0554544 in part.

DATES: Comments and requests for meeting should be received on or 
before March 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Socorro 
Resource Area Manager, 198 Neel Avenue NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Bell, BLM, Socorro Resource Area 
Office, 198 Neel Ave, NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, or telephone (505) 
835-0412.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the R&PP Act of June 14, 
1925, as amended, (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), and the regulations 
contained in 43 CFR 2461.5 (c) (2), R&PP Classification NMNM 
0554544 is hereby terminated in part for the land described below. 
This classification segregated the subject land among others, as 
not suitable for disposal except for recreation purposes. 
Termination of the classification from the subject land will insure 
the land and existing facilities remain in public ownership. 
Further, on November 26, 1997, a petition was approved allowing the 
BLM to file an application to withdraw the following described land 
from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the mining laws, 
subject to valid existing rights:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 10, all.
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area aggregates 680 acres in Catron County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the land for 
management of recreational and scenic values. Until an application is 
filed, no further action will be taken on this proposal. The R&PP 
classification no longer serves a need on the land described above and 
is hereby terminated.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the BLM Socorro Resource Area Manager.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM 
Socorro Resource Area Manager within 90 days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Upon determination by the authorized 
officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of time and place 
will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the 
scheduled date of the meeting. The application will be processed in 
accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the public land will be segregated as 
specified above unless the application is denied or canceled or the 
withdrawal is approved prior to that date. The temporary uses which may 
be permitted during this segregative period are licenses, permits, 
cooperative agreements, leases, rights-of-way and other discretionary 
actions of a temporary nature.

    Dated: December 9, 1997.
Linda S. C. Rundell,
District Manager, Las Cruces.
[FR Doc. 97-32607 Filed 12-12-97; 8:45 am]
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