Public land orders: Idaho,

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Federal Register: October 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 209)NoticesPage 58064-58065From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr29oc98-103

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

ID-933-1430-01; IDI-08955 02Public Land Order No. 7368; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 1992; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order insofar as it affects 13.95 acres of public land withdrawn for use by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Snake River Reclamation Project. The land is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was withdrawn. This revocation will allow the Bureau of Land Management to complete a pending land sale. This action will open the land to surface entry and mining. The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State

[Page 58065]Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3864.

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. 1992, which withdrew public lands for the Snake River Reclamation Project, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described land:

Boise Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 2 E.,

Sec. 6, lot 20.

The area described contains 13.95 acres in Owyhee County.

2. At 9 a.m. on November 30, 1998, the land will be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. on November 30, 1998, shall be considered as simultaneously filedat that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.

3. At 9 a.m. on November 30, 1998, the land will be opened to 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 described in this order under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse 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: October 9, 1998. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

FR Doc. 98-29031Filed10-28-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4310-GG-P

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