[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29599]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; WYW 2866, WYW 72569, WYW 72585, WYW 72586, WYW 72591,
and WYW 72592]
Public Land Order No. 7370; Partial Revocation of Secretarial
Orders Dated October 21, 1913, April 27, 1922, May 24, 1922, April 20,
1928, and April 2, 1929, and Revocation of Public Land Order No. 4301;
Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes five Secretarial orders and
revokes one public land order in its entirety, insofar as they affect
21,711.53 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau of
Reclamation's Shoshone Reclamation Project. The lands are no longer
needed for reclamation purposes. Of the lands being revoked, 1,325.99
acres are within overlapping Bureau of Land Management withdrawals and
will remain closed to surface entry and mining, and 19,745.54 acres
will not be opened to surface entry and mining until the Bureau of Land
Management completes a planning review. The lands have been and will
remain open to leasing. The remaining 640 acres have been conveyed out
of Federal ownership and the revocation of these lands is a record-
clearing action only.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,
5353 N. Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
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. The Secretarial Orders dated October 21, 1913, April 27, 1922,
May 24, 1922, April 20, 1928, and April 2, 1929, and Public Land Order
No. 4301, which withdrew public lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's
Shoshone Reclamation Project, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect
the following described lands:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 56 N., R. 97 W.,
Sec. 33, lot 1.
T. 56 N., R. 98 W.,
Sec. 26, SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 56 N., R. 100 W.,
Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\ (Formerly S\1/
2\);
Sec. 32.
T. 55 N., R. 101 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\
(Formerly N\1/2\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\);
Sec. 2, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ (Formerly N\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\);
Sec. 3, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\ (Formerly N\1/2\);
Sec. 4, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 56 N., R. 101 W.,
Sec. 31, lots 5 to 10, inclusive, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ (Formerly S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\);
Sec. 32, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\S\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\ (Formerly SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\);
Sec. 33, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\,
SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\ (Formerly E\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\, and
NE\1/4\);
Sec. 34, S\1/2\;
Sec. 36, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, (Formerly E\1/2\E\1/2\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\);
Tracts 63A to 63D, inclusive, and 63G to 63M, inclusive;
Tracts 64A to 64J, inclusive;
Tracts 65A to 65G, inclusive.
T. 55 N., R. 102 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\ (Formerly N\1/
2\);
Sec. 2, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\
(Formerly All);
Sec. 3, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\
(Formerly All);
Sec. 4, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\
(Formerly All);
Sec. 5, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\
(Formerly All);
Sec. 6, lots 8 to 10, inclusive, SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ (Formerly E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and E\1/2\);
Sec. 8, NW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, N\1/2\;
Sec. 10, N\1/2\;
Sec. 11, N\1/2\.
T. 56 N., R. 102 W.,
Sec. 2, lots 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19;
Sec. 4, lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 14;
Sec. 5, lots 13, 21, and 22;
Sec. 25, lots 3 to 5, inclusive, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 26, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 27, lot 5;
Sec. 29, lots 1 to 3, inclusive;
Sec. 31, lots 5, 11, 12, and 15, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 32, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
Sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, lots 3 to 6, inclusive;
Sec. 35, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 36, lots 1-5;
Tracts 63E, 63F, and 63N;
Tracts 64 to 71, inclusive;
Tracts 76 to 85, inclusive;
Tracts 88 to 98, inclusive;
Tracts 107 to 116, inclusive;
Tracts 119 to 130, inclusive;
Tracts 139 to 150, inclusive;
Tracts 158 to 169, inclusive;
Tracts 172 to 179, inclusive;
Tracts 189 to 194, inclusive;
Tracts 199 to 204, inclusive;
Tracts 212 to 218, inclusive;
Tracts 225 to 235, inclusive;
Tracts 238 to 248, inclusive;
Tracts 252 to 260, inclusive;
Tracts 262 to 342, inclusive.
T. 57 N., R. 102 W.,
Sec. 35, E\1/2\E\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 21,071.53 acres in Park and Big
Horn Counties.
2. The Secretarial Order dated October 21, 1913, which withdrew
public lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's Shoshone Reclamation
Project, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following
described land:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 56 N., R. 97 W.,
Tract 37.
The area described contains 640 acres in Big Horn County.
3. Of the lands described in paragraph 1, 1,325.99 acres are within
overlapping withdrawals and will remain closed to surface entry and
mining, and 19,745.54 acres will not be opened to surface entry and
mining until a planning review and an analysis are completed to
determine if any of the lands need special designation and protection
or have exchange potential.
4. The land described in paragraph 2 has been conveyed out of
Federal ownership and this is a record clearing action only.
Dated: October 26, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-29599 Filed 11-4-98; 8:45 am]
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