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Federal Register: December 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 240)NoticesPage 69079-69080From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

AK-932-1430-01; F-92193Public Land Order No. 7372; Withdrawal of Public Land for the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 37,579 acres of public land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, in order to create the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat. The land is adjacent to the west boundary of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, and is to be managed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The land will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of existing withdrawals or segregations of record. Once established, this withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907- 271-5049, or Paul J. Salvatore, BLM Northern District Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, 907-474-2200.

By virtue of the direction and authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Section 311 of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (also cited as the Kenai Natives Association Equity Act Amendments of 1996), 110 Stat. 4139- 4145, it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, as well as the subsistence preferences provided under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, 16 U.S.C. 3120 (1994), the following described public land is hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), in order to create a special management

[Page 69080]unit known as the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat:

Fairbanks Meridian

T. 15 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)

Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;

Sec. 10, SW\1/4\;

Sec. 15, NW\1/4\;

Secs. 16, 17, and 18;

Sec. 19, N\1/2\;

Sec. 20, N\1/2\;

Sec. 21, N\1/2\. T. 16 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)

Sec. 3, W\1/2\;

Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;

Sec. 10, W\1/2\;

Sec. 15, W\1/2\;

Secs. 16, 17, and 18;

Sec. 19, excluding U.S. Survey No. 6234;

Secs. 20, 21, and 22;

Secs. 27 to 33, inclusive;

Sec. 34, NW\1/4\. T. 17 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)

Sec. 20, S\1/2\;

Sec. 21, S\1/2\;

Sec. 22, S\1/2\;

Sec. 23, S\1/2\;

Sec. 25, SW\1/4\;

Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive;

Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive;

Sec. 36, W\1/2\. T 15 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)

Secs. 1 and 2;

Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;

Sec. 24, N\1/2\. T. 16 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)

Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36.

Kateel River Meridian

T. 9 N., R. 27 E., (Unsurveyed)

Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36.

The area described contains approximately 37,579 acres.

2. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(2)(A) of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4144, any land affected by this order that is conveyed to the State of Alaska shall be removed from the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area.

3. In accordance with Section 311(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4144, additional uses of the area, or grant easements, may be permitted only to the extent that such use, including leasing under the mineral leasing laws, is determined to not detract from nor materially interfere with the purposes for which the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area has been established.

4. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(4) of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4145, this withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.

Dated: November 30, 1998. John Berry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

FR Doc. 98-33165Filed12-14-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4310-JA-P

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