Public Land Order No. 7414; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Hassayampa River Riparian Corridor; Arizona

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55305-55306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26678]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZA 30390]


Public Land Order No. 7414; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for Hassayampa River Riparian Corridor; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,677.25 acres of National Forest System 
land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for 20 
years to protect the Hassayampa River Riparian Corridor. The land has 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverley Everson or Doug Franch, 
Prescott National Forest, 344 S. Cortez Street, Prescott, Arizona 
86303, 520-445-7253.
    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. 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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 (1994)), but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Hassayampa 
River Riparian Corridor:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Prescott National Forest

T. 13 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 31, lot 20;
    Sec. 32, lots 13 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 33, lots 11 to 14, inclusive.
T. 12\1/2\N., R. 2W.,
    Sec. 20, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lot 4, lots 8 to 17, inclusive, and MS 4051;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 to 6 inclusive, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and MS 4051;
    Sec. 35, lots 2, 3, and 9, and MS 2648.
    The area described contains 1,677.25 acres in Yavapai 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 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 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review

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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) 
(1994), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: October 5, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-26678 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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