65FR38299A Public Land Order No. 7457; Partial Modification of Two Executive Orders and Transfer of Jurisdiction; New Mexico
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 119, Page 38299A
[Federal Register: June 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 119)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NMNM 94897]
Public Land Order No. 7457; Partial Modification of Two Executive
Orders and Transfer of Jurisdiction; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order modifies two Executive orders insofar as they
affect approximately 4,526 acres of land by changing the reservation of
the land for military purposes to a reservation of the land for Bureau
of Indian Affairs programs and establishing a 20-year term. The Army
Corps of Engineers has filed a partial relinquishment of their
reservation under these executive orders. Jurisdiction of the land is
transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the
Interior for management by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The land will
remain closed to surface entry and mining to protect an area having
cultural, historical, religious, geological, and archeological
significance to the Navajo Nation and the Pueblo of Zuni.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field
Office, 435 Montano Road NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 505-761-
8787.
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. The Executive Orders dated February 18, 1870 and March 26, 1881,
which withdrew public land and reserved the land for use by the
Department of the Army, are hereby modified to establish a 20-year term
and to transfer jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Interior and
reserve the land for use and administration by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The land is described as follows:
New Mexico Principle Meridian
T. 13 N., R. 16 W.,
Sec. 6, lot 6.
T. 13 N., R. 17 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 3, lots 9 to 11, inclusive.
T. 14 N., R. 16 W.,
Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive.
T. 14 N., R. 17 W.,
Secs. 24, 25, and 26;
Sec. 27, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and E\1/2\;
Sec. 34, lots 5 to 10, inclusive, NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
Sec. 36, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\.
The area described contains approximately 4,526 acres in
McKinley County.
2. The land described in paragraph 1 continues to be 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 an area
having cultural, historical, religious, geological and archeological
significance to the Navajo Nation and the Pueblo of Zuni. The withdrawn
land is to be managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for these values,
as well as, other compatible uses. 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)
(1994), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
3. The land and resources shall be managed by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, its successors or assignees, in accordance with the Memorandum
of Agreement between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the
Department of the Interior. The Memorandum of Agreement shall be
incorporated into any future land transfers for the life of the
Memorandum of Agreement. The Memorandum of Agreement may be reviewed
and amended by the agencies as necessary.
4. The Army and its officers, agents, employees, contractors, and
subcontractors will have the right of access, upon reasonable notice,
to enter the land described in this order for the purposes of
activities related to the Fort Wingate Depot Activity Installation
Restoration Program and other environmentally related compliance
programs and to construct, operate, maintain or undertake response and
remedial actions to implement this program.
5. The Army represents that, to the best of its knowledge, no
unexploded ordnance are currently present on the land described in this
order. Due to the former use of the land as an active military
installation, there is a possibility that unexploded ordnance may exist
on the land. Upon due notice, the Army agrees to remove any such
remaining unexploded ordnance discovered on the land, as required under
applicable law and regulations, as expeditiously as is reasonable and
practicable, subject to the availability of funds.
Dated: June 7, 2000.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-15492 Filed 6-19-00; 8:45 am]
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