66 FR 14 pg. 6663 - Public Land Order No. 7479; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area; New Mexico
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 14Page: 6663
Docket number: [NMNM 103446]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-1817 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Land Management Bureau
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NMNM 103446]
Public Land Order No. 7479; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area; New Mexico
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Public land order.
SUMMARY:
This order withdraws 27,299.50 acres of National Forest System land from mining and mineral leasing, for 20 years to protect the Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 22, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanette Espinosa, BLM New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, 505-438-7597.
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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. (1994)), to protect the Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area.:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
Lincoln National Forest
T. 25 S., R. 21 E.,
Sec. 36, lot 4, S 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 , and SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 .
T. 26 S., R. 21 E.,
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, E 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 10, SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 11, E 1⁄2 and SW 1⁄4 ;
Secs. 12, 13, and 14;
Sec. 15, E 1⁄2 , S 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4 , and SW 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 16, S 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 20, SE 1⁄4 ;
Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive;
Sec. 29, E 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 32, lots 1 and 2, and N 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N 1⁄2 N 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 34, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N 1⁄2 N 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 35, lots 1 to 4 inclusive, and N 1⁄2 N 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 36, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and N 1⁄2 N 1⁄2 .
T. 25 S., R. 22 E.,
Sec. 13, S 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 14, S 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 15, S 1⁄2 and NW 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 16, S 1⁄2 and NE 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 20, SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 and SE 1⁄4 ; secs. 21 to 29, inclusive;
Sec. 31, E 1⁄2 , E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 , and SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 32, 33, and 34.
T. 26 S., R. 22 E., secs. 3, 4, and 5;
Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E 1⁄2 , and E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 ;
Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E 1⁄2 , and E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 ; secs. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17;
Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E 1⁄2 , and E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 .
The area described contains approximately 27,299.50 acres in Eddy County.
2. This withdrawal will expire 20 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) (1994), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: January 16, 2001.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 01-1817 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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