[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7796-7797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4096]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0214; OR-19015, OR-19121]
Public Land Order No. 7245; Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated
November 14, 1917, and Executive Order Dated May 4, 1918; Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes in their entirety a Secretarial order and
an Executive order which withdrew 174.72 acres of public lands for the
Bureau of Land Management's Waterpower Designation No. 15 and Powersite
Reserve No. 686. The lands are no longer needed for the purposes for
which they were withdrawn. This action will open 170.22 acres to
surface entry, which have been and will remain open to mining. The
4.50-acre balance remains closed to surface entry and mining due to
another existing withdrawal. All of the lands have been and will remain
open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington
State Office, PO 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 Secretarial Order dated November 14, 1917, which established
Waterpower Designation No. 15, and the Executive Order dated May 4,
1918, which established Powersite Reserve No. 686, are hereby revoked
in their entirety:
Willamette Meridian
Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands
(a) Waterpower Designation No. 15
T. 22 S., R. 5 W.,
Sec. 33, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\, all land lying within
50 feet of centerline of transmission line.
T. 35 S., R. 5 W.,
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Sec. 29, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, all land lying within 50 feet of
centerline of transmission line.
T. 3 S., R. 3 E.,
Sec. 29, lot 4, all land lying within 50 feet of centerline of
transmission line.
T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 1, that portion of Tract 37 within the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
(b) Powersite Reserve No. 686 and Waterpower Designation No. 15
T. 41 S., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 3, lot 3, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\.
The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate approximately
174.72 acres in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Counties.
2. The following described land is within the boundary of Power
Project No. 477 and will remain closed to the operation of the public
land laws, including the mining laws:
T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 1, that portion of Tract 37 within the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The area described contains approximately 4.50 acres.
3. At 8:30 a.m. on March 24, 1997, the lands described in paragraph
1, except as provided in paragraph 3, will be opened to such forms of
disposition as may by law be made of Revested Oregon and California
Railroad Grant Lands, 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 March 24, 1997, shall be considered as
simultaneously filed at that time.
4. The State of Oregon has waived its preference right for public
highway rights-of-way or material sites as provided by the Federal
Power Act of June 10, 1920, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1988).
Dated: February 4, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-4096 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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