[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18440-18441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07735]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCO923000-L14400000-ET0000 15X; COC-024224]
Public Land Order No. 7833; Withdrawal of Public Lands, Browns
Canyon Corridor, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 230.08 acres of public lands from
location and entry under the United States mining laws for 20 years on
behalf of the Bureau of Land Management to protect scenic,
recreational, and other natural resource values within the Browns
Canyon corridor of the Arkansas River. The lands have been and will
remain open to leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Craddock, Bureau of Land
Management Colorado State Office, 303-239-3707, or write: Land Tenure
Program Lead, BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual. The
FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management will manage
the Browns Canyon corridor of the Arkansas River to protect the unique
natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational values.
Order
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, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral or
geothermal leasing laws, to protect the unique natural, scenic,
cultural, and recreational values in the Browns Canyon corridor of the
Arkansas River:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 51 N., R. 8 E.,
Sec. 26, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and that portion of the NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
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W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying south of the Browns Canyon National
Monument Boundary;
Sec. 34, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 230.08 acres, more or less, in
Chaffee County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of the public land laws other than the mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: March 24, 2015.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-07735 Filed 4-3-15; 8:45 am]
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