[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 41886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17528]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-1430-ET; WYW 162499]
Public Land Order No. 7744; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Land for Inyan Kara Area; WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,278.09 acres of National Forest System
land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a
period of 20 years on behalf of the United States Forest Service to
protect the Inyan Kara area of the Black Hills National Forest in Crook
County, Wyoming. The land has been and will remain open to mineral
leasing and to all other forms of disposition which may by law be made
of National Forest System land.
DATES: Effective Date: July 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State
Office, 5353 N. Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming
82003, 307-775-6257.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Forest Service will manage
the land to protect and preserve the significant historic and
prehistoric Native American cultural and archeological sites known as
the Inyan Kara area within the Black Hills National Forest. The land
will also be managed for its unusual scenic and geological
characteristics.
Order
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, 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry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, but not from the
mineral leasing laws or other forms of disposition which may by law be
made of National Forest System land, to protect the Inyan Kara area of
the Black Hills National Forest:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 49 N., R. 62 W.,
Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 49 N., R. 63 W.,
Sec. 24, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
Sec. 25, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 1,278.09 acres, more or less, in Crook
County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System land other than the mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2).
3. 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), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: June 30, 2010.
Wilma A. Lewis,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-17528 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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