[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104-105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33347]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-0777-63; GP7-0012; OR-50483]
Public Land Order 7233; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands for Administrative Sites and a Wild and Scenic River Corridor;
Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,090 acres of National Forest System
lands in
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the Rogue River National Forest from mining for a period of 20 years
for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, to protect the
Rabbit Ears-Falcon Wildlife Area, the Rogue River Wild and Scenic
Corridor, Union Creek Historic District, Abbott Creek and Mill Creek
Recreation Sites, and Prospect Ranger Station Administrative Site. The
lands have been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as
may by law be made of National Forest System lands and to mineral
leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Janaury 2, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6155.
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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect a wildlife
area, a wild and scenic corridor, a historic district, two recreation
sites, and a ranger station:
Willamette Meridian
Rogue River National Forest
Rabbit Ears-Falcon Wildlife Area
T. 29 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 26, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
sec. 27, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
sec. 34, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
sec. 35, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
Rogue River Wild and Scenic Corridor
T. 30 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 1, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
sec. 12, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
sec. 13, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
sec. 23, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
sec. 34, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 35, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 31 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 17, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
sec. 19, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 29 S., R. 4 E.,
sec. 10, W\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 15, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
sec. 29, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
sec. 32, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 29 S., R. 5 E.,
sec. 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\.
Union Creek Historic District
T. 31 S, R. 3 E.,
sec. 2, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
sec. 3, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 10, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Abbott Creek Recreation Site
T. 31 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 7, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 18, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Mill Creek Recreation Site
T. 32 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 9, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 16, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
Prospect Ranger Station Administrative Site
T. 32 S., R. 3 E.,
sec. 29, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 2,090 acres in Jackson and Douglas
Counties.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the
National Forest System 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) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: December 23, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-33347 Filed 12-31-96; 8:45 am]
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