61182 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices

Dated: October 3, 2000.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 00–26435 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–935–1430–ET; COC–017768]

Notice of Proposed Extension of

Withdrawal; Opportunity for Public

Meeting; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management proposes to extend Public

Land Order No. 5979 for a 20-year

period. This order withdrew public

lands from operation of the public land

laws, including location and entry

under the U.S. mining laws, to protect

two administrative sites. The lands have

been and remain open to mineral

leasing. This notice also gives an

opportunity to comment on the

proposed action and to request a public

meeting.

DATES: Comments and requests for a

public meeting must be received by

January 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting

requests should be sent to the Colorado

State Director, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius at 303–239–3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Uncompaphgre Field Office and the

Little Snake Field Office have requested

that Public Land Order No. 5979 be

extended for a 20-year period. This

withdrawal was made to protect

constructed improvements and

equipment storage at two Bureau of

Land Management administrative sites.

This withdrawal will expire September

2, 2001.

The withdrawal comprises two sites.

One is approximately 0.688 acres of

public land near the town of Norwood

in Section 27, T. 45 N., R. 13 W., New

Mexico Principal Meridian, San Miguel

County, Colorado. The second site is 1

acre of public land in the town of Craig

in section 35, T. 7 N., R 91 W., Sixth

Principal Meridian, Moffat County,

Colorado. A complete description of the

lands can be provided by the Colorado

State Office at the address shown above.

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 extension, or to

request a public meeting may present

their views in writing to the Colorado

State Director at the address shown

above.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with this

proposed extension. Any interested

persons who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on this

proposed action should submit a written

request to the Colorado State Director

within 90 days from the date of

publication of this notice. If the

authorized officer determines that a

public meeting will be held, a notice of

the time and place will be published in

the Federal Register at least 30 days

prior to the scheduled date of the

meeting.

This extension will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.

Jenny L. Saunders,

Realty Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–26432 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–930–1430–ET; COC–63081]

Public Land Order No. 7466;

Withdrawal of Public Lands and

Minerals for the Upper Colorado River

Special Recreation Management Area;

Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 12,237

acres of public lands from surface entry

and mining and 1,020 acres of reserved

Federal mineral interest from mining for

20 years to protect scenic and recreation

values in the Upper Colorado River

Special Recreation Management Area. In

addition, 7,020 acres of non-Federal

lands, if acquired by the United States,

would also be withdrawn by this order.

The lands have been and will remain

open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State

Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093, 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. 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 scenic, wildlife,

and recreation values in the Upper

Colorado River Special Recreation

Management Area:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 79 W.,

Sec. 8, S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 17, NW1⁄4 and N1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 18, lot 3.

T. 1 N., R. 80 W.,

Sec. 13, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;

Sec. 14, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 and a reconveyed

parcel of land in the S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 15, lots 9 and 11, S1⁄2S1⁄2, and a

reconveyed parcel of land in the

N1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 16, a reconveyed parcel of land in the

S1⁄2S1⁄2;

Sec. 19, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 and a reconveyed parcel

in the N1⁄2NE1⁄4;

Sec. 20, lots 2 and 3, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 21, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and a

reconveyed parcel of land in the

N1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 22, lots 1 to 4, inclusive.

T. 1 N., R. 81 W.,

Sec. 13, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 23, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 24, S1⁄2N1⁄2 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 27, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 28, SE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 32, E1⁄2 and SW1⁄4;

Sec. 33, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and W1⁄2.

T. 1 S., R. 81 W.,

Sec. 5, lots 8 and 9;

Sec. 6, lots 6, 7, and lots 9 to 18, inclusive;

Sec. 7, lots 5 to 19, inclusive;

Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, and E1⁄2NW1⁄4.

T. 1 S., R. 82 W.,

Sec. 12, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, W1⁄2SW1⁄4

and that portion of Tract 53 lying

westerly of the centerline of the Colorado

River;

Sec. 14, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4, and

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2S1⁄2, and

S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 24, lots 1, 2, and 3, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

S1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

reconveyed parcels in the W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and

the E1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, lots 4 to 6, inclusive, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, lots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

those portions of unpatented Mineral

Survey No.13963 lying within the E1⁄2 of

sec. 32, and that portion of Tract 82

within the E1⁄2;