[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16178-16179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8627]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-950-57-77; AZA 28900]
Public Land Order No. 7251; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands for State Highway 87 Roadside Zone; Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 7,550 acres of National Forest System
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws for
20 years to protect the State Highway 87 Roadside Zone. The lands have
been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff Yardley, BLM Arizona State
Office, 222 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, 602-417-
9437.
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
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the scenic
values of the State Highway 87 Roadside Zone:
Gila and Salt River Meridian
Tonto National Forest
T. 7 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 1, W\1/2\;
Sec. 11, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 12, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 14, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 36, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 8 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 5, lot 3, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
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Sec. 7, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 17, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 18, E\1/2\;
Sec. 20, W\1/2\;
Sec. 29, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 31, lot 3, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 9 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, N\1/2\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW \1/4\;
Sec. 10, NW\1/4\;
S. 16, N\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 9 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 17, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 20, N\1/2\;
S. 32, W\1/2\.
T. 10 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 16, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 21, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 10 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 22, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 28, NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 33, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 34, SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 7,550 acres in Gila County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the National
Forest System 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 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) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: March 27, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-8627 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]
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