96-1090. Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for a University of California-Berkeley Seismic Observatory; California

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2137-2138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1090]




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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7179

[CA-940-5700-00; CACA 32220]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for a University of 
California-Berkeley Seismic Observatory; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 45 acres of National Forest System land 
from mining for a period of 20 years to protect the seismic integrity 
of a University of California-Berkeley seismic observatory. The land 
has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931), 2800 Cottage Way, 

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Sacramento, California 95825, 916-979-2858.
    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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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 the seismic 
integrity of a University of California-Berkeley seismic observatory:

Mount Diablo Meridian

Klamath National Forest

T. 45 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\SE\1/2\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 45 acres in Siskiyou County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the National 
Forest System land 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 18, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-1090 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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