[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 24507] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-11569] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NM-018-1430-01; NMNM 93820] Public Land Order No. 7257; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Protection of Pueblo Ruins Within the Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern; New Mexico AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public Land Order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order withdraws 291.10 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the cultural resources of four Tewa Indian pueblo ruins within the Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 5, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal Knox, BLM Taos Resource Area, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, 505-758-8851. 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing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 four pueblo ruins within the Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern: New Mexico Principal Meridian T. 23 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 1, lot 5 and W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\; Sec. 13, lots 13 and 14; Sec. 24, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\. T. 24 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 12, lots 17 and 18; Sec. 13, lot 6; Sec. 23, lots 11 and 12. The areas described aggregate 291.10 acres in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties. 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: April 25, 1997. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 97-11569 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P