73 FR 20 pg. 5586 - Public Land Order No. 7688; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Protection of Yermo xanthocephalus Plant Habitat; Wyoming
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 20Page: 5586
Docket number: [WY-921-1430-ET; WYW 142589]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-1639 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Land Management Bureau
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-ET; WYW 142589]
Public Land Order No. 7688; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Protection of Yermo xanthocephalus Plant Habitat; Wyoming
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Public Land Order.
SUMMARY:
This order withdraws 360 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years to protect Yermo xanthocephalus (Desert yellowhead) plant habitat.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 N. Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The land has been and will continue to remain open to mineral leasing.
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 (2000), 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect Yermo xanthocephalus plant habitat:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 31 N., R. 95 W.,
Sec. 27, SW 1⁄4 ;
Sec. 34, NW 1⁄4 and W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 .
The area described contains 360.00 acres in Fremont County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 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 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) (2000), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary-Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-1639 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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