[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82387-82388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33245]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-930-1430-ET; COC-28257]


Public Land Order No. 7476; Revocation of Bureau of Land 
Management Order dated December 22, 1949; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes, in its entirety, a Bureau of Land 
Management order as to the remaining 328.13 acres of public lands 
withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Missouri Basin Project, Bijou 
No. 2 Reservoir. The lands are no longer needed for reclamation 
purposes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093, 303-239-
3706.
    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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Bureau of Land Management Order dated December 22, 1949, 
which withdrew the following described lands for the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Missouri Basin Project, Bijou No. 2 Reservoir, is hereby 
revoked in its entirety:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 59 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 4;
    Sec. 21, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 328.13 acres in Morgan County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on January 29, 2001, the lands 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 9 a.m. on January 29, 2001, shall be considered 
as

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simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    3. At 9 a.m. on January 29, 2001, the lands will be opened to 
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 described 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 determination in local courts.

    Dated: December 19, 2000.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-33245 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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