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South Resource Management Plan 

(1988) and Lower Gila North 

Management Framework Plan (1983). 

The preferred alternative identifies five 

potential Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACEC): Beale 

Slough Riparian and Cultural ACEC 

(2,395 acres); Bullhead Bajada Natural 

and Cultural ACEC (7,090 acres); 

Crossman Peak Scenic ACEC (48,855 

acres); Swansea Historic District ACEC 

(5,973 acres); and, Three Rivers Riparian 

ACEC (2,246 acres). There are up to four 

additional potential ACECs in one or 

more of the other alternatives: Black 

Peak Cultural ACEC (740 acres); Cienega 

Mining District Historic ACEC (6,649 

acres); Lake Havasu Aubrey Hills 

Natural Area ACEC (19,088 acres); and, 

Whipple Wash Natural Area ACEC 

(10,962 acres). The following types of 

resource use limitations would 

generally apply to these ACECs: (1) 

Design grazing prescriptions to achieve 

the desired plant community objectives; 

(2) Recreation facilities would be 

limited to projects that protect ACEC 

values; (3) Camping would be limited to 

developed or signed sites; (4) Travel 

would be permitted only on designated 

open and signed routes. For detailed 

information see Chapter 2, Description 

of Alternatives, Special Area 

Designations section. 

A Proposed Resource Management 

Plan and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement will be prepared by the BLM 

for the Resource Management Plan 

accordance with planning regulations at 

43 CFR 1610 and NEPA at 40 CFR 1502. 

The Lake Havasu Field Office Resource 

Management Plan affects only the BLMadministered Federal lands and Federal 

interests located within the planning 

area boundary. 

Dated: September 16, 2005. 

Elaine Y. Zielinski, 

Arizona State Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–19493 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–923–1430–ET; NMNM 055653] 

Public Land Order No. 7645; Partial 

Revocation of Public Land Order No. 

2051; New Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public land order. 

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a 

Public Land Order insofar as if affects 

40.16 acres of public land withdrawn 

for use by the New Mexico College of 

Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now 

New Mexico State University, for 

research purposes in connection with 

Federal programs. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilda Fitzpatrick, BLM New Mexico 

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, 

New Mexico 87502, 505–438–7597. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land 

has been patented to a mining claimant. 

Since the land has been conveyed out of 

Federal ownership this is a recordclearing action only. 

Order 

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

Public Land Order No. 2051, which 

withdrew public land for use by the 

New Mexico College of Agriculture and 

Mechanic Arts, now New Mexico State 

University, for research purposes in 

connection with Federal programs, is 

hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 

following described land: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian 

T. 23 S., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 23, lots 19 and 20 (formerly described 

as S1⁄2 of lots 3 and 4). 

The area described contains 40.16 acres in 

Dona Ana County. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Rebecca W. Watson, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–19645 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–930–1430–ET; NMNM 56994, NMNM 

56995, NMNM 56996, NMNM 56997, NMNM 

56998, NMNM 56999, and NMNM 57000] 

Public Land Order No. 7646; 

Revocation of Coal Classification 

Withdrawals; NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public land order. 

SUMMARY: This order revokes 7 

Executive Orders in their entireties as to 

approximately 512,380 acres withdrawn 

for coal classification purposes. This 

order opens the lands to surface entry 

and nonmetalliferous mining. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilda Fitzpatrick, BLM New Mexico 

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, 

New Mexico 87502, (505) 438–7597. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

were originally withdrawn to protect the 

potential coal resources from mining 

claims, but since coal is now a leaseable 

mineral the withdrawals are no longer 

needed. Copies of the original 

withdrawal orders containing legal 

descriptions of the lands involved are 

available from the BLM New Mexico 

State Office at the address listed above. 

Order 

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. The Executive Orders dated 

December 23, 1910, February 6, 1911, 

April 22, 1911, May 18, 1911, August 

25, 1915, October 14, 1915, and July 30, 

1917, which withdrew lands for coal 

classification purposes, are hereby 

revoked in their entireties. 

2. At 10 a.m. on October 31, 2005, the 

lands referenced in Paragraph 1 will be 

opened to the operation of the public 

land laws generally, subject to valid 

existing rights, the provisions of existing 

withdrawals, other segregations of 

record, and the requirements of 

applicable law. All valid applications 

received at or prior to 10 a.m. on 

October 31, 2005, shall be considered as 

simultaneously filed at that time. Those 

received thereafter shall be considered 

in the order of filing. 

3. At 10 a.m. on October 31, 2005 the 

lands referenced in Paragraph 1 will be 

opened to nonmetalliferous mineral 

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 lands 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 

(2000), 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.