Public land orders: Arizona,

[Federal Register: June 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 115)]

[Notices]

[Page 32894-32895]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-025-06-1150-04; AZA 29318]

Public Land Order No. 7341; Withdrawal of Public Land for the Clay Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,119.24 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the federally endangered Arizona cliffrose within the Clay Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Hall, BLM Kingman Field Office, 2475 Beverly Avenue, Kingman, Arizona 86401, 520-692-4412.

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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Bureau of Land Management's Clay Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern:

   Gila and Salt River Meridian

   T. 14 N., R. 11 W.,

   Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;

   Sec 2, SE\1/4\;

   Sec 11, NE\1/4\;

   Sec 12, N\1/2\N\1/2\.

   The area described contains 1,119.24 acres in Mohave County.

2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 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 50 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.

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   Dated: June 4, 1998. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

   [FR Doc. 98-15865Filed6-15-98; 8:45 am]

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