[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 2177] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-918] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [NM-070-1430-01; NMNM 92843] Public Land Order No. 7234; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Lee Acres Landfill; New Mexico AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public Land Order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order withdraws 134.68 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect public health and welfare, and the environment from hazardous materials existing in soils and groundwater of the Lee Acres Landfill. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jo Albin, BLM Farmington District Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, New Mexico 87401, 505-599- 6332. 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing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 public health and welfare, and the environment from hazardous materials existing in soils and groundwater of the Lee Acres Landfill: New Mexico Principal Meridian T. 29 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 21, lots 6 and 7 (everything southeast of County Road No. 5569); Sec. 22, lot 5 (everything southeast of County Road No. 5569), lot 6 W\1/2\, lot 11 W\1/2\, and lot 12; Sec. 28, lot 2. The areas described aggregate 134.68 acres in San Juan 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: January 3, 1997. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 97-918 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P