[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69079-69080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33165]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1430-01; F-92193]
Public Land Order No. 7372; Withdrawal of Public Land for the
Lake Todatonten Special Management Area; Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 37,579 acres of public land
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, in order to
create the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the protection
of fish, wildlife, and habitat. The land is adjacent to the west
boundary of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, and is to be managed
by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The land
will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of existing
withdrawals or segregations of record. Once established, this
withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State
Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-
271-5049, or Paul J. Salvatore, BLM Northern District Office, 1150
University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, 907-474-2200.
By virtue of the direction and authority vested in the Secretary of
the Interior by Section 311 of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (also cited as the Kenai
Natives Association Equity Act Amendments of 1996), 110 Stat. 4139-
4145, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, as well as the subsistence
preferences provided under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act of 1980, 16 U.S.C. 3120 (1994), the following
described public land is hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and
patent under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), in
order to create a special management
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unit known as the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the
protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat:
Fairbanks Meridian
T. 15 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
Sec. 10, SW\1/4\;
Sec. 15, NW\1/4\;
Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
Sec. 19, N\1/2\;
Sec. 20, N\1/2\;
Sec. 21, N\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
Sec. 3, W\1/2\;
Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
Sec. 10, W\1/2\;
Sec. 15, W\1/2\;
Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
Sec. 19, excluding U.S. Survey No. 6234;
Secs. 20, 21, and 22;
Secs. 27 to 33, inclusive;
Sec. 34, NW\1/4\.
T. 17 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
Sec. 22, S\1/2\;
Sec. 23, S\1/2\;
Sec. 25, SW\1/4\;
Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive;
Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive;
Sec. 36, W\1/2\.
T 15 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)
Secs. 1 and 2;
Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
Sec. 24, N\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)
Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36.
Kateel River Meridian
T. 9 N., R. 27 E., (Unsurveyed)
Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36.
The area described contains approximately 37,579 acres.
2. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(2)(A) of Public Law 104-333, the
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4144,
any land affected by this order that is conveyed to the State of Alaska
shall be removed from the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area.
3. In accordance with Section 311(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 104-333,
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat.
4144, additional uses of the area, or grant easements, may be permitted
only to the extent that such use, including leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, is determined to not detract from nor materially
interfere with the purposes for which the Lake Todatonten Special
Management Area has been established.
4. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(4) of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4145, this
withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.
Dated: November 30, 1998.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-33165 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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