[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 1998)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1430-01; GP7-0092; OR-19082]
Public Land Order No. 7334; Revocation of the Executive Order
Dated October 13, 1916; Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety an Executive order which
withdrew 6,026 acres of public lands for the Bureau of Land
Management's Powersite Reserve No. 561. The lands are no longer needed
for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. This action will open
approximately 1,020 acres to surface entry. Of the remaining lands,
4,806 acres will remain closed to surface entry, and 200 acres will
remain closed to mining due to other overlapping withdrawals. All of
the lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1998.
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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
1. The Executive Order dated October 13, 1916, which established
Powersite Reserve No. 561, is hereby revoked in its entirety:
Willamette Meridian
T. 2 S., R. 15 E.,
Sec. 13, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 14, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 24, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 26, E\1/2\W\1/2\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 33, SE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\.
T. 3 S., R. 15 E.,
Sec. 3, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 7, lot 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 9, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 17, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/
2\;
Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, and 3, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 4, lot 3 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 5, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 19, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 20, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lots 2, 3, and 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 5, lot 4 and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 3, and 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 6,026 acres in Sherman and Wasco
Counties.
2. The lands described as the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
sec. 13, and the NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, sec. 24, T. 2 S.,
R. 15 E., are withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's Macks
Canyon Recreation Site, and will remain closed to operation of the
public land laws, including the mining laws.
3. The lands lying within the boundaries of the Bureau of Land
Management Deschutes Wild and Scenic River withdrawal will remain
closed to surface entry.
4. At 8:30 a.m. on August 28, 1998, the lands described in
paragraph 1, except as provided in paragraphs 2 and 3, 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 August 28,
1998, will be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those
received thereafter will be considered in the order of filing.
5. The State of Oregon has a preference right for public highway
right-of-way or material sites for a period of 90 days from the date of
publication of this order and any location, entry, selection, or
subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights granted the State as
provided by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C.
818 (1994).
Dated: May 14, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-14226 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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