[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70277-70278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32656]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180-1430-ET; CACA 38618]
Public Land Order No. 7423; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the
South Fork of the American River; California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,533 acres of public lands from mining,
for a period of 50 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect
the riparian areas, wildlife habitat, scenic quality, public access,
and high value recreational resources of the South Fork of the American
River. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing and
the Materials Act of 1947. The withdrawal from the mining laws would be
subject to valid existing rights. An additional 120 acres of non-
Federal lands would become subject to the withdrawal if acquired.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 16, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, BLM Folsom Field Office, 63
Natoma Street, Folsom, California 95630, 916-985-4474.
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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under
the mineral leasing laws or the Materials Act of 1947, for the Bureau
of Land Management to protect the riparian areas, wildlife habitat,
scenic quality, public access, and high value recreational resources of
the South Fork of the American River:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 11 N., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 3, that portion of the SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and the SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\ lying Southerly of the South Boundary of State Highway 49;
Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and that portion of the
NE\1/4\ lying southerly of the south boundary of California State
Highway 49;
Sec. 11, the W\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying Southerly
of the South boundary of California State Highway 49 as conveyed to
the State of California by deed recorded January 8, 1962 in Book 577
of Official Records, page 89, and Westerly and Northerly of the
centerline of the South Fork of the American River; the E\1/2\NW\1/
4\ lying Westerly and Northerly
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of the centerline of the South Fork of the American River, lying
Southerly of the South boundary of California State Highway 49 as
conveyed to the State of California by Deed recorded January 8,1962
in Book 577 of Official Records, page 89, also lying Westerly of the
following described line: Beginning at the Northwest corner of
Parcel 1 as shown on that certain Parcel map filed in Book 45 of
Parcel Maps at Page 34 being located on the said South boundary of
State Highway 49; thence along the West boundary of said Parcel 1
South, 550.09 feet to a 1\1/4\'' capped iron pipe stamped L.S. 2403;
thence leaving said West boundary along the East boundary of that
certain Parcel of land encumbered by agreement to complete Boundary
Line Adjustment and Easement Agreement recorded in Book 4380 of
Official Records at page 59 South 12 deg. 54' 45'' East, 280.34
feet; thence South 26 deg. 20' 07'' East, 187.26 feet to the said
centerline of the South Fork of the American River and the terminus
of said described line;
Sec. 21, that portion of the W\1/2\ lying Westerly of the
centerline of the South Fork or the American River;
Sec. 28, that portion of the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying Westerly and
Northerly of the centerline of the South Fork of the American River;
Sec. 29, NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and portions of the E\1/2\
more particularly described as follows: Parcels 2, 3, and 4, as
shown on the Parcel Map, filed August 17, 1979 in Book 24 of PARCEL
MAPS at page 15, El Dorado County Records, California, and as
amended by Certificate of Correction recorded August 31, 1989 in
Book 3196 of Official Records, page 76; that portion of the S\1/
2\SW\1/4\ lying Westerly and Northerly of the centerline of the
South Fork of the American River.
T. 11 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 27, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\,
and SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate approximately 1,533 acres in El
Dorado County.
2. The following non-Federal lands are located within the corridor
of the South Fork of the American River. In the event, these lands
return to Federal ownership, they would be subject to the terms and
conditions of this withdrawal as described in Paragraph 1:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 11 N., R. 9 E.
Sec. 29, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and tract 3 as shown on the map, filed
October 2, 1991 in book 18 of survey maps at page 129, El Dorado
County Records, California;
Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate approximately120 acres in El
Dorado County.
3. This withdrawal will expire 50 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.
Dated: December 8, 1999.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-32656 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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