Public Land Order No. 7232; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Protection of Loveland Ski Area; Colorado

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69108-69109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33295]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-932-1430-01; COC-58828]


Public Land Order No. 7232; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Protection of Loveland Ski Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 850 acres of National Forest System land 
from mining for 50 years to protect recreational resources and 
facilities at the Loveland Ski Area. The land has been and remains open 
to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest 
System land and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
    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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), for the 
protection of planned and existing facilities at the Loveland Ski Area:

Sixth Principal Meridian

Arapaho National Forest

T. 4 S., R. 76 W.,

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The area described contains 850 acres of National Forest System Land in 
Clear Creek County.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System land 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: December 6, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-33295 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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