[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29246-29247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14013]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; WYW 136096]


Public Land Order No. 7337; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Protection of Thelesperma pubescens Plant Habitat; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 590 acres of reserved Federal mineral 
interest from mining, and 3,646.51 acres of public lands from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 50 years to protect Thelesperma 
pubescens (Uinta greenthread) plant habitat. The lands have been and 
will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
    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 reserved Federal mineral 
interest in the following described lands is hereby withdrawn from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 
(1994)), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for the 
Bureau of Land Management to protect Thelesperma pubescens plant 
habitat:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 13 N., R. 112 W.,
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/2\.
T. 14 N., R. 113 W.,
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 N., R. 114 W.,
    Sec. 13, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 590 acres in Sweetwater and Uinta 
Counties.

    2. 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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect Thelesperma 
pubescens plant habitat:

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Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 5, lot 8 and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, S\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 6 and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/2\.
T. 13 N., R. 112 W.,
    Sec. 2, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 N., R. 113 W.,
    Sec. 3, lots 6, 7, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
T. 14 N., R. 113 W.,
    Sec. 34, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 13 N., R. 114 W.,
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\W\1/2\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 3,646.51 acres in Sweetwater and 
Uinta Counties.
    3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 50 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: May 20, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-14013 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
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