[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 28541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13364]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7145
[CA-930-1430-01; CACA 30123]
Withdrawal of Public Lands and Minerals for the Ash Valley
Research Natural Area and Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,321.51 acres of public lands from
surface entry and mining, and 360 acres of federally reserved mineral
interests from mining, for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land
Management to protect the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of
Critical Environmental Concern. The lands have been and will remain
open to mineral leasing and the Materials Act of 1947. The surface
estate of the above 360 acres of federally reserved minerals and an
additional 360.53 acres of non-Federal lands, if acquired by the United
States, would also be withdrawn by this order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, 916-979-2858.
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 public
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)) , but not from the Materials Act of 1947, or
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land
Management to protect the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of
Critical Environmental Concern:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 9, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 38 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 1,321.51 acres in Lassen County.
2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
federally reserved mineral interests are hereby withdrawn from location
and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)),
but not from the Materials Act of 1947, or leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the Ash
Valley Research Natural Area and Area of Critical Environmental
Concern:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 5, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 360 acres in Lassen County.
3. In the event the non-Federal surface estate, of the 360 acres
described in paragraph 2 returns to public ownership, these lands would
be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as described
in paragraph 1.
4. The following described non-Federal lands are located within the
boundary of the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of Critical
Environmental Concern. In the event these lands return to public
ownership, they would be subject to the term and conditions of this
withdrawal as described in paragraph 1:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 4, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 5, lot 3 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 38 N., R. 11 E.,
Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 360.53 acres in Lassen County.
5. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
6. 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) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: May 12, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-13364 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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