35812 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next two

meetings of the Front Range Resource

Advisory Council (Colorado) will be

held on July 16, and September 3, 1996

in Canon City, Colorado. Both meetings

are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at

BLM’s Canon City District Office, 3170

East Main Street, Canon City, Colorado.

The agenda on July 16 will include a

discussion of Rangeland Standard and

Guidelines implementation and a

briefing and discussion of major

recreation issues in the Canon City

District primarily in the Royal Gorge

Resource area. The meeting September 3

will be a continuation of the topics of

the previous meeting which are

unfinished.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council at 9:15 a.m. or

written statements may be submitted for

the Council’s consideration. The District

Manager may limit the length of oral

presentations depending on the number

of people wishing to speak.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled for

Tuesday, July 16 and Tuesday,

September 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Canon City District

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City Colorado 81212; Telephone (719)

269–8500; TDD (719) 269–8597.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Smith at (719) 269–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary

minutes for the Council meeting will be

maintained in the Canon City District

Office and will be available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Donnie R. Sparks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–17186 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[OR–958–0777–54; GP–0193; OR–51517

(WA)]

Order Providing for Opening of Lands;

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action will open

5,441.22 acres of lands to such forms of

disposition as may by law be made of

National Forest system lands for mining,

mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing.

The Forest Service exchange proposal

has been withdrawn in its entirety.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208, 503–952–6170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of Section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, as amended by the Federal Land

Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988, the

following described Federal lands

identified in a proposed exchange

between the Snoqualmie National Forest

and the State of Washington,

Department of Natural Resources, has

been withdrawn in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 8′′E.,

Sec. 22, lot 4 and S1/2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, lot 9;

Sec. 25, lot 3, and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,N1/2SW1⁄4,

and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 26, lot 2 and 3, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1/

2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 27, lots 1 to 6, inclusive;

Sec. 28, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4.

T. 28 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 12, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 12, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 30, lots 2, 3, and 4, and S1⁄2NE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 31, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and

S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 28 N., R. 10 E.,

Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, and SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 10E.,

Sec. 4, lot 6 an SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, 10, and 11, and SW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 15, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 26, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, All;

Sec. 34, N1⁄2N1⁄2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄2.

The areas described aggregate 5,441.22

acres in Snohomish County, Washington.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of records, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid existing

applications received at or prior to 8:30

a.m., on August 8, 1996 will be

considered as simultaneously filed at

that time. Those received thereafter will

be considered in the order of filing.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to location and

entry under the United States mining

laws. Appropriation 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. Sec. 38, 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 possesory rights since

Congress has provided for such

determinations in local courts.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to applications

and offers under the mineral leasing

laws and the Geothermal Steam Act.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 96–17062 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

[CO–956–96–1420–00]

Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey

June 28, 1996.

The plats of survey of the following

described land, will be officially filed in

the Colorado State Office, Bureau of

Land Management, Lakewood,

Colorado, effective 10:00 am., June 28,

1996. All inquiries should be sent to the

Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the west

boundary, subdivisional lines, and

subdivision of section 30, and the

metes-and-bounds survey of an irregular

lot, T. 9 N., R. 74 W, Sixth Principal

Meridian, Groups 939 and 1130,

Colorado was accepted June 24, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the west and

north boundaries and subdivisional

lines and the subdivision of section 6,

T. 10 N., R. 73 W., Sixth Principal

Meridian, Group 1054, Colorado, was

accepted June 4, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the south

boundary and subdivisional lines and

the subdivision of section 35, T. 11 N.,

R. 74 W., Sixth Principal Meridian,

Group 1054, Colorado, was accepted

June 4, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the south