[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31294]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-15602 01, IDI-15624 01]
Public Land Order No. 7298; Partial Revocation of Executive
Orders Dated February 11, 1915 and August 31, 1917; Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes two Executive orders insofar as they affect
80 acres of public lands withdrawn by the Bureau of Land Management for
Powersite Reserve Nos. 475 and 654. The lands are no longer needed for
these purposes and the revocations are needed to transfer the lands to
the State of Idaho under State Indemnity Selection. This action will
open the lands to surface entry. The lands have been and will remain
open to mining and mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State
Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3864.
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 11, 1915 and August 31,
1917, which established Powersite Reserve Nos. 475 and 654
respectively, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the following
described lands:
Boise Meridian
a. Powersite Reserve No. 475 (IDI-15602 01)
T. 45 N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
b. Powersite Reserve No. 654 (IDI-15624 01)
T. 45 N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 2, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The lands described aggregate 80 acres in Benewah County.
2. The State of Idaho was notified of their preference right for
public highway rights-of-way or material sites, but waived their rights
on these two parcels of land.
3. At 9 a.m. on December 29, 1997, the lands will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications
received at or prior to 9 a.m. on December 29, 1997, will be considered
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter will be
considered in the order of filing.
Dated: November 14, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-31294 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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