[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 36392] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-17043] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CO-930-1430-01; COC-28673] Public Land Order No. 7397; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of the Federal Power Act; Colorado AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public land order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act, 90 acres of National Forest System land withdrawn by a Geological Survey Order which established the Bureau of Land Management's Power Site Classification No. 441. This action will permit consummation of a pending Forest Service land exchange and retain the waterpower rights to the United States. The land has been and will continue to be open to mineral leasing and, under the provisions of the Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, to mining. EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076. By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior of the Interior by the act of June 20, 1920, Section 24, as amended,16 U.S.C. 818 (1994), and pursuant to the determination of the Federal Regulatory Commission in DVCO-550-000, it is ordered as follows: 1. At 9 a.m. on August 5, 1999, the following described National Forest System land withdrawn by Geological Survey Order dated January 23, 1958, which established Power Site Classification No. 441, will be opened to disposal subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determination DVCO-550-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law: New Mexico Principal Meridian Rio Grande National Forest T. 40 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 19, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\ NW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. The area described contains approximately 90 acres in Mineral County. Dated: June 8, 1999. John Berry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 99-17043 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JB-P