[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19043]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
43 CFR Public Land Order 7149
[CA-940-5700-00; CACA 29517]
Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Traverse Creek
Botanical Special Interest Area; California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 270 acres of National Forest System land
from mining for a period of 50 years to protect the Traverse Creek
Botanical Special Interest Area. The land has been and will remain open
to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 3, 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
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry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 Forest
Service's Traverse Creek Botanical Special Interest Area:
Mount Diablo Meridian
Eldorado National Forest
T. 12 N., R. 10 E.,
Sec. 24, lot 2, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\,
E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 270 acres in El Dorado County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those land laws governing the use of National Forest
System land 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 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: July 25, 1995.
Bonnie R. Cohen,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-19043 Filed 8-2-95; 8:45 am]
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