[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 236 (Friday, December 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31041]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0178; OR-19673 (WA)]
Public Land Order No. 7227; Revocation of Geological Survey Order
February 15, 1949.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety a Geological Survey order
which withdrew 280.77 acres of public lands for the Bureau of Land
Management's Powersite Classification No. 400. The lands are no longer
needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. This action will
restore the lands to surface entry. The lands have been and continue to
be open to mining and mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 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. The Geological Survey Order dated February 15, 1949, which
established Powersite Classification No. 400, is hereby revoked in its
entirety as to the following described lands:
Willamette Meridian
T. 25 N., R. 21 E.,
Sec. 10, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 18, lot 1;
Sec. 20, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 26 N., R. 22 E.,
Sec. 6, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 280.77 acres in Chelan and Douglas
Counties.
2. The State of Washington has waived its preference right for
public highway rights-of-way or material sites as provided by the Act
of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1988).
3. At 8:30 a.m. on January 6, 1997, the lands described in
paragraph 1 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 8:30
a.m., on January 6, 1997, shall be considered as simultaneously filed
at that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the
order of filing.
Dated: November 4, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-31041 Filed 12-5-96; 8:45 am]
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