[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7161]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-932-1430-01; NMNM 46826]


Notice of Proposed Continuation of Withdrawal; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
proposes that a 197.50-acre withdrawal for the Luna Administrative Site 
(formerly Luna Ranger Station Administrative Site) in the Gila National 
Forest continue for an additional 20 years. The land will remain closed 
to mining, but has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments should be received by June 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-7502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Espinosa, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, 505-438-7597.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, proposes that the existing land withdrawal made by 
Secretarial Orders dated November 26, 1906 and November 25, 1907, and 
correction Public Land Order No. 7114 dated January 31, 1995, be 
continued for a period of 20 years pursuant to Section 204 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, U.S.C. 1714 (1988). The 
land is described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Gila National Forest

T. 5 S., R. 20 W.,
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\W\1/
2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 197.50 acres in Cibola County.

    The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Luna Administrative 
Site (formerly Luna Ranger Station Administrative Site) in the Gila 
National Forest. The withdrawal segregates the land from the mining 
laws, but not the mineral leasing laws. No change is proposed in the 
purpose of the withdrawal.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal continuation may present their views in writing to 
the State Director in the New Mexico State Office.
    The authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management will 
undertake such investigations as are necessary to determine the 
existing and potential demand for the land and its resources. A report 
will also be prepared for consideration by the Secretary of the 
Interior, the President, and the Congress, who will determine whether 
or not the withdrawal will be continued, and if so, for how long.
    The final determination on the continuation of the withdrawal will 
be published in the Federal Register. The existing withdrawal will 
continue until such final determination is made.

    Dated: March 15, 1995.
Richard A. Whitley,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 95-7161 Filed 3-22-95; 8:45 am]
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