[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29759-29760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14797]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-1430-01; GP6-0044; OR-50892-WA]
Public Land Order No. 7198; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands To Protect the White Pass Ski Area; Washington
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,712.50 acres of National Forests System
lands in the Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests from
mining for a period of 20 years to protect the recreational and visual
resources of the White Pass Ski Area. The lands have been and remain
open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National
Forest System lands and to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 1996.
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. 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National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and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
significant recreational and visual resources in the White Pass Ski
Area:
Willamette Meridian
Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests
T. 13 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 1, that portion of the N\1/2\ lying northerly of the
withdrawal for State Highway 12;
Sec. 2, that portion of the N\1/2\ lying outside the William O.
Douglas Wilderness Area;
Sec. 10, that portion of the E\1/2\ lying southerly of the
withdrawal for State Highway 12;
Sec. 11, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
Sec. 12, that portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ lying outside the
Goat Rocks Wilderness Area;
Secs. 14, 15, 22, and 23, those portions lying outside the Goat
Rocks Wilderness Area;
T. 14 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 35, that portion lying outside the William O. Douglas
Wilderness Area;
Sec. 36, those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\ SE\1/
4\lying outside the William O. Douglas Wilderness Area and outside
the three unpatented mining claims known as Cover All Bets, Up The
Creek, and Spiral View.
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The areas described aggregate approximately 1,712.50 acres in
Lewis and Yakima 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: May 29, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-14797 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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