[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18777-18778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9099]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7133
[OR-943-1430-01; GP5-038; OR-50706(WA)]
Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for Five Seed
Orchards; Washington
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 496.22 acres of National Forest System
lands in the Colville and Kaniksu National Forests from mining for a
period of 20 years for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
to protect the Brown
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Mountain Seed Orchard, Pal Moore Meadows Seed Orchard, Teepee Seed
Orchard, Cedar Creek Seed Orchard, and Flowery Trail Seed Orchard. The
lands have been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as
may by law be made of National Forest System lands and to mineral
leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Sullivan, BLM Oregon/Washington
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-280-7171.
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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the
investment in five Forest Service seed orchards:
Willamette Meridian
Colville National Forest
Brown Mountain Seed Orchard
T. 35 N., R. 33 E.,
Sec. 16, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 17, E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
Pal Moore Meadows Seed Orchard
T. 33 N., R. 41 E.,
Sec. 1, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\ of lot 4 and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\;
Sec. 2, S\1/2\S\1/2\ of lot 1, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ of lot 2, and S\1/
2\NE\1/4\.
Teepee Seed Orchard
T. 37 N., R. 42 E.,
Sec. 34, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
Cedar Creek Seed Orchard
T. 40 N., R. 42 E.,
Sec. 10, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
Kaniksu National Forest
Flowery Trail Seed Orchard
T. 32 N., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 5, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 496.22 acres in Ferry, Stevens,
and Pend Oreille Counties.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the
National Forest System lands under lease, license, or permit, or
governing the disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other
than under the mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: April 4, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-9099 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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