[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10511-10512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3821]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-200-1050-ET; AZA-31024]


Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates the segregative effect of a proposed 
withdrawal of 112,790 acres of lands requested by the Bureau of Land 
Management at Perry Mesa. Presidential Proclamation No. 7263 
established the Agua Fria National Monument so the withdrawal is not 
needed. This notice opens the lands that are not located within the 
Agua Fria National Monument to surface entry and mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Andersen, BLM Phoenix Field 
Office, 2015 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, 623-580-5500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, FR 99-20274, August 6, 1999, which 
temporarily segregated the lands described therein from location and 
entry under the general land laws, including the mining laws, subject 
to valid existing rights. The new Agua Fria National Monument

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includes most of the lands proposed for withdrawal, so the Bureau of 
Land Management has determined that the proposed withdrawal is not 
needed and has cancelled its application.
    At 9 a.m. on March 19, 2001, the lands that were described in the 
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal in the Federal Register, FR 99-20274, 
August 6, 1999, that are not located within the Agua Fria National 
Monument, will be opened to operation of the public land laws 
generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provision of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. 
on March 19, 2001, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that 
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of 
filing.
    At 9 a.m. on March 19, 2001, the lands that were described in the 
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal in the Federal Register, FR 99-20274, 
August 6, 1999, that are not located within the Agua Fria National 
Monument will be opened to location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provision of 
existing withdrawals, and other segregations of record. Appropriation 
of any of the lands referenced in this order 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 (1994), 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.

    Dated: February 5, 2001.
Michael A. Ferguson,
Deputy State Director, Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3821 Filed 2-14-01; 8:45 am]
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