99-22547. Public Land Order No. 7406; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for the Soda Rock Special Interest Area; California

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22547]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-940-5700-00; CACA 38601]


Public Land Order No. 7406; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Soda Rock Special Interest Area; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 40 acres of National Forest System land 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws for 50 
years to protect the Soda Rock Special Interest Area. The land has been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825-1886, 916-978-
4675.
    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. 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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 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 (1994)), but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Soda Rock 
Special Interest Area:

Mount Diablo Meridian

Plumas National Forest

T. 25 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Plumas County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the 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) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: August 12, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-22547 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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