Proposed Continuation of Withdrawal; New Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NM-920-4210-06; NMNM 0557005]

Proposed Continuation of Withdrawal; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,

proposes that a 1,237.50-acre withdrawal for the Bernalillo Watershed

Addition in the Cibola National Forest continue for an additional 20

years. The lands will remain closed to mining, but have been and will

remain open to surface entry and mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments should be received by July 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, BLM New Mexico

State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 505-438-7502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Georgiana E. Armijo, BLM New Mexico State Office, 505-438-7594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Agriculture,

Forest Service, proposes that the existing land withdrawal made by

Public Land Order No. 3839, be continued for a period of 20 years

pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

of 1976, U.S.C. 1714 (1988). The lands are described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Cibola National Forest

T. 12 N., R. 4 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\,

SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\. Those portions of lot 8 (approximately

34 acres), lot 9 (approximately 2 acres), and lot 10 (approximately

5 acres), and portions of the SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ (approximately 30

acres), that lie outside the Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area.

Sec. 2, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\,

N\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Sec. 12, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and those portions of

the W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ (approximately 15 acres), NW\1/4\SW\1/

4\NE\1/4\ (approximately 1 acre), NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\

(approximately 2 acres), and W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ (approximately 7

acres), that lie outside the Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area.

Sec. 14, lots 5 and 6, and those portions of lot 7

(approximately 1 acre), and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ (approximately 19 acres),

that lie outside the Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area.

T. 12 N., R. 5 E.,

Sec. 6, Those portions of lot 9 (approximately 28.80 acres), lot

17 (approximately 28.88 acres), lot 18 (approximately 3 acres) and

lot 19 (approximately 18.59 acres), that lie outside the Sandia

Mountain Wilderness Area.

The areas described aggregate approximately 1,237,50 acres in

Sandoval County.

The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Forest Service's

Bernalillo Watershed Addition in the Cibola National Forest. The

withdrawal segregates the lands from the mining laws, but not the

public land laws or the mineral leasing laws. No change is proposed in

the purpose or segregative effect of the withdrawal.

For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this

notice, all persons who wish to submit comments in connection with the

proposed withdrawal continuation may present their views in writing to

the State Director in the New Mexico State Office.

The authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management will

undertake such investigations as are necessary to determine the

existing and potential demand for the land and its resources. A report

will also be prepared for consideration by the Secretary of the

Interior, the President, and the Congress, who will determine whether

or not the withdrawal will be continued, and if so, for how long.

The final determination on the continuation of the withdrawal will

be published in the Federal Register. The existing withdrawal will

continue until such final determination is made.

Dated April 15, 1994.

Patricia E. McLean,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 94-10265 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]

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