[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45855-45856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19383]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-1430-01; CACA 28617]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in its entirety, the classification, 
dated March 15, 1994, 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 remains open to 
the operation of the mineral leasing laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosalinda Estrada, BLM Bakersfield 
Field Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, California 93308; 
telephone number (805) 391-6126.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 15, 1994, the lands described below 
were classified as suitable for lease pursuant to the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869, 869-1 to 869-4) and the 
land was segregated from appropriation under the public land laws and 
the general mining laws:

    All that land located in Section 7 encompassing a portion of 
Lots 7 and 10, and a portion of NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
Township 27 South, Range 33 East, M.D.M., Kern County, California, 
described as follows:
    Beginning at the BLM BC marked for the West \1/16\ corner of 
Sections 6 and 7 of said Township 27 South, said BLM BC also being 
the POINT OF BEGINNING, thence the following nine courses:
    1. North 89 deg.41'00'' East along the North line of said 
Section 7 39.33 feet;
    2. South 03 deg.05'49'' East 193.16 feet;
    3. South 73 deg.47'28'' West 215.26 feet;
    4. South 70 deg.08'42'' West 48.36 feet;
    5. South 53 deg.39'35'' West 60.09 feet;
    6. South 49 deg.07'04'' West 92.21 feet;
    7. North 01 deg.02'08'' West 32.75 feet to a BLM BC property 
corner;
    8. Continuing North 01 deg.02'08'' West 330.63 feet to the North 
line of said Section 7 and a BLM BC;
    9. North 89 deg.41'00'' East 327.12 feet to the POINT OF 
BEGINNING.

Kern County, California

    Containing Approximately 2.18 acres a portion of AP #348-060-03.

    By letter dated December 28, 1994, the Kern County Sheriff's Search 
and Rescue voluntarily withdrew their application submitted August 15, 
1991 for Recreation and Public Purposes lease of the above described 
public lands.
    Purpose 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 March 15, 1994, 
which classified the above described public land for lease for 
recreation and public purposes, is hereby terminated in its entirety.
    At 10 a.m. on August 27, 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 August 27, 1998 shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that 
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of 
filing.
    At 10 a.m. on August 27, 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

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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: July 10, 1998.
Ron Fellows,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-19383 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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