Public Land Order No. 7299; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 3645; Nevada

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31355]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-931-1430-01; Nev-064968]


Public Land Order No. 7299; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
3645; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes, in its entirety, a public land order that 
withdrew 3,114.88 acres of public land for the protection of deer 
winter range. The withdrawn land was subsequently included in 
legislation that transferred public land in Nevada to the National 
Forest System. The withdrawal is no longer needed for its intended 
purpose. This action will open the land to such forms of disposition as 
may by law be made of National Forest System land and to mining. The 
land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 702-785-6532.
    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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Public Land Order No. 3645, which withdrew land for Jacks Valley 
Deer Winter Range, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 14 N., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 1, W\1/2\ lot 1 of the NE\1/4\, lot 1 of the NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\ lot 2 of the NW\1/4\ (except lot 3), SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 3,114.88 acres in Douglas County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on December 1, 1997, the land described above shall be 
opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National 
Forest System land, including location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any of the land under 
the general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. S. 38 (1994), shall vest no rights 
against the United States. Acts required to establish a location and to 
initiate a right of possession are governed by State law where not in 
conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land Management will not 
intervene in disputes between rival locators over possessory rights 
since Congress has provided for such determinations in local courts.

    Dated: November 24, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-31355 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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