[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31518-31519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15261]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180-1430-01; CACA 3070]


Termination of Classification of Public Land for Recreation and 
Public Purposes and Opening Order; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in its entirety, the classification, 
dated April 9, 1976, which classified public land for lease for 
recreation and public purposes pursuant to the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act of June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C 869 et seq.). The 
land will be opened to the operation of the public land laws including 
the mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. The land has been and remain open to 
the operation of the mineral leasing laws. The termination is necessary 
to facilitate the completion of a pending land exchange.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825-
0451; telephone number 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. CACA 3070

T. 12 N., R. 10 E., Mount Diablo Meridian
    Sec. 1, a portion of lot 1 described as beginning at the 
northeast corner of the parcel herein described, a 1\1/2\ inch 
capped iron pipe set on the easterly boundary of said section 1 from 
which the northeast corner of said section 1 bears N. 0 deg.41'55'' 
E., 501.06 feet; thence from point of beginning and along the 
easterly boundary of said section 1, S. 0 deg.41'55'' W., 344.43 
feet, a similar pipe set on the northwesterly boundary of Wentworth 
Springs Road; thence along said boundary, S. 41 deg.07' W., 269.47 
feet, a similar pipe; thence leaving said boundary, N 8 deg.21' W., 
391.12 feet, a similar pipe; thence N. 56 deg. 02' E., 287.20 feet 
to the point of beginning.

    The area described contains 1.853 acres in El Dorado County.

    On April 9, 1976, the public land, as described above, was 
classified as suitable for lease under the Act of June 14, 1926, as 
amended (43 U.S.C 869 et seq.) The land was segregated from all

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appropriation under the public land laws, including mineral location 
under the general mining laws. The land has been and will remain open 
to the mineral leasing laws.
    2. Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and the regulations contained in 
43 CFR 2091.7-1(b)(1)(iii), the classification, dated April 9, 1976, 
which classified the above described public land for lease for 
recreation and public purposes is hereby terminated in its entirety. 
The classification no longer serves a needed purpose as to the land 
described above.
    3. At 10 a.m. on June 9, 1998, the public land, as described above, 
will be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provision of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirement of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m. 
on June 9, 1998 shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that 
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of 
filing.
    4. At 10 a.m. on June 9, 1998, the public land, as described above, 
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 
notice 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: June 2, 1998.
Al Wright,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15261 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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