[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11702]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-018-1430-01; NMNM 90102]


New Mexico; Termination of Segregative Effect of Proposed 
Withdrawal for Sipapu Ski Area Expansion

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
approximately 770.00 acres of National Forest System lands for the 
Sipapu Ski Area expansion expires on June 17, 1995, and the land will 
be opened to mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 18, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal Knox, Bureau of Land Management, 
Taos Resource Area, 224 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571, (505) 
758-8851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 33461, June 17, 1993, which 
segregated the land described therein for up to 2 years from location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, but not from other forms of disposition which may by 
law be made of National Forest System land. The proposed withdrawal was 
not completed within the 2-year segregation period and the segregation 
expires on June 17, 1995. The termination will not affect the 
processing of the proposed withdrawal.
    The land is described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Carson National Forest

T. 22 N., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
unsurveyed and within the Santa Barbara Grant Survey;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\S\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed and within the Santa Barbara Grant 
Survey;
    Sec. 10, lots 2 and 3, and approximately 23.01 acres in the 
SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ partly unsurveyed and within the Santa Barbara Grant 
Survey (excluding SHC Patent No. 883043), and approximately 5.01 
acres of the NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ partly unsurveyed and within the Santa 
Barbara Grant Survey, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\, unsurveyed and 
within the Santa Barbara Grant Survey;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, unsurveyed and within the Santa 
Barbara Grant Survey.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 770.00 acres in Taos 
County.

    At 9 a.m. on June 18, 1995, the land will be opened to location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and other segregations 
of record. Appropriation of any of the lands described in this order 
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 (1988), 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 determinations in local courts.

    Dated: May 2, 1995.
Michael R. Ford,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-11702 Filed 5-11-95; 8:45 am]
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