[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25732-25733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11807]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-018-1430-01;NMNM 93820]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 291.10 
acres of public lands in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico to protect four 
pueblo ruins within the Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern (ACEC). This notice closes the [[Page 25733]] lands for up to 
two years from surface entry and mining. The lands will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received 
August 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the 
Albuquerque District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 435 Montano 
NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal Knox, BLM Taos Resource Area 
Office, 224 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, NM 87571, (505) 758-8851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 1, 1995, a petition was approved 
allowing the Bureau of Land Management to file an application to 
withdraw the following described public lands from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5 and W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lots 13 and 14;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 24 N., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 12, lots 17 and 18;
    Sec. 13, lot 6;
    Sec. 23, lots 11 and 12.

    The areas described aggregate 291.10 acres in Rio Arriba County, 
New Mexico.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect four large 
Tewa Indian pueblo ruins dating from the Classic Period (1350-1550 AD). 
Three of the pueblos are listed on the National Register of Historic 
Places and the fourth is eligible for nomination.
    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 withdrawal, may present 
their views in writing to the Albuquerque District Manager of the 
Bureau of Land Management.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the 
Albuquerque District Manager within 90 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.
    Upon a determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary uses which may be permitted 
during this segregative period are licenses, permits, cooperative 
agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary 
nature, but only with the approval of an authorized officer of the 
Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: March 29, 1995.

Michael R. Ford,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95-11807 Filed 5-11-95; 8:45 am]

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