[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28540-28541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13299]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7143

[WY-930-1430-01; WYW-128871]


Withdrawal of Public Lands and Federal Minerals for the Snake 
River Riparian Lands; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws from mineral or surface entry, for a 
period of 10 years, a total of 5,937 acres of public lands, 663 acres 
of lands as to which the United States owns both the surface and 
mineral estate, 1,993 acres of lands as to which the United States owns 
only the surface estate, and 3,281 acres of lands as to which the 
United States owns only the mineral estate, except that such public 
lands may be exchanged or sold pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 (1988), or conveyed pursuant to 
the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 43 U.S.C. 869 (1988). The lands 
are collectively known as the Snake River Riparian Lands, located in 
Teton County, near Jackson, Wyoming. This action will protect and 
preserve highly significant recreation, scenic, riparian, and wildlife 
resources until land use planning for the area can be completed. The 
lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara Gertsch, Wyoming State Office, 
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6115.
    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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
    1. To protect significant recreation, scenic, riparian and wildlife 
resources, the public lands, including lands as to which the United 
States owns both the surface and mineral estate, the surface estate 
only, and the mineral estate only, found within the following described 
areas are hereby withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from 
settlement, location, or entry, including entry under the mining laws 
of the United States (30 U.S.C. Ch 2 (1988)), but not from leasing 
pursuant to applicable mineral leasing laws, exchange or sale pursuant 
to the Federal Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 
(1988), or conveyance pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purpose 
Act, 43 U.S.C. 869 (1988):

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 40 N., R. 116 W.,
    Secs. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34.
T. 40 N., R. 117 W.,
    Secs. 3, 10, 11, 14, 23, 24, and 25.
T. 41 N., R. 116 W.,
    Secs. 5, 6, 7, and 18.
T. 41 N., R. 117 W.,
    Secs. 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, and 35.
T. 42 N., R. 116 W.,
    Secs. 20, 21, 29, 32, and 34.

    The areas described contain a total of 5,937 acres of public lands 
in Teton County, 663 acres of lands as to which the United States owns 
both the surface and the mineral estate, 1,993 acres of lands as to 
which the United States owns only the surface estate, and 3,281 acres 
of lands as to which the United States owns only the mineral estate.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 10 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    [[Page 28541]] Dated: May 12, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-13299 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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