Opening of public lands: California,

[Federal Register: August 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 156)]

[Notices]

[Page 43411-43412]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-1430-01; CAS 271, CAS 528, and CAS 1632]

Termination of Classifications of Public Lands and Opening Order; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in their entirety, the following three classifications, which classified public lands as follows: CAS 271 and CAS 528--Unsuitable for public sale, and CAS 1632--Suitable for multiple use management. Those lands, classified by CAS 1632, will be opened to the operation of the public land laws including the mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. All of the lands have been and remain open to the operation of the mineral leasing laws. The terminations are necessary to facilitate the completion of pending land exchanges.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Termination of the classifications are effective on August 13, 1998. The public lands will be

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opened to entry at 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825- 0451; telephone number 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1(a). CAS 271

T. 32 S., R. 16 E., MDM

Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

The area described contains 160 acres in San Luis Obispo County.

The above described land was classified as unsuitable for public sale by a Classification Decision dated January 22, 1971. The land was not segregated, therefore, an opening order is not required.

(b). CAS 528

T. 17 S., R. 28 E., MDM

Sec. 24, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

The area described contains 40 acres in Tulare County.

The above described land was classified as unsuitable for public sale under the provisions of Sec. 2455 of Revised Statutes by a Classification Decision dated November 2, 1976. The land was not segregated, therefore, an opening order is not required.

(c). CAS 1632--Multiple Use Management

All public lands in:

T. 39 N., R. 5 E., MDM

Sec. 24. T. 39 N., R. 6 E., MDM

Sec. 7. T. 39 N., R. 7 E., MDM

Secs. 3, 4, 10, 11, and 15. T. 40 N., R. 7 E., MDM

Secs. 14, 15, 23, and 26. T. 39 N., R. 8 E., MDM

Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 15. T. 40 N., R. 8 E., MDM

Sec. 32. T. 39 N., R. 9 E., MDM

Sec. 13, SW\1/4\;

Secs. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, and 27.

The lands described aggregate approximately 6,150 acres in Modoc County.

The public lands described above were classified for multiple use management by a notice published in the Federal Register on December 20, 1969 (34 FR 20002), pursuant to the Act of September 19, 1964 (43 U.S.C. 1411-18). The lands were segregated from appropriation only under the agricultural land laws (43 U.S.C. Chs. 7 and 9; 25 U.S.C. sec. 334) and from sale under section 2455 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 1171). The lands have remained open to all other applicable forms of appropriation including the mining and mineral leasing laws.

2. Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and the regulations contained in 43 CFR 2091.7, CAS 271, CAS 528, and CAS 1632 are hereby terminated in their entirety. The classifications no longer serve a needed purpose as to the lands described above.

3. At 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998, the public lands, as described above in paragraph 1(c) for CAS 1632, will be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provision of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirement of applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m. on September 14, 1998 shall be considered as simultaneously filedat that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.

Dated: August 14, 1998. Elaine Marquis-Brong, Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 98-21707Filed8-12-98; 8:45 am]

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