[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7814]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7127

[UT-942-1430-01; UTU-71781]


Withdrawal of Public Land for Westwater Canyon of the Colorado 
River; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,710 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect the recreational, scenic, geologic, cultural, and 
fish and wildlife values of the Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River. 
The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Massey, BLM Utah State Office, 
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155, 801-539-4119.
    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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect a Bureau of Land Management recreation area:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 24, lots 11 to 21, inclusive, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lot 2 and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 20 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 22, lots 1, 2, and 4 to 8, inclusive, and E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 7 and 8, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 21 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, and W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 5;
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 15, inclusive, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, lots 1, 2, 3, and 5 to 12, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 6 to 13, inclusive, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, and W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1 and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Unsurveyed lands in the Colorado River bed, in the area 
described above, are included in this order. The area described 
contains approximately 4,710 acres in Grand County.

    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 50 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.

    Dated: March 21, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-7814 Filed 3-29-95; 8:45 am]
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