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Federal Register: April 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 76)NoticesPage 19744-19745From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr21ap98-102

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

OR-958-0777-63; GP7-0022; ORE-03587Public Land Order No. 7325; Modification and Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 1144; OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order establishes a 20-year term as to 949.43 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn by a public land order for the Forest Service's Miller Lake Recreation Area. These lands have been and will remain closed to mining, but will be opened to surface entry, and will remain open to mineral leasing. This order also revokes

[Page 19745]the public land order insofar as it affects the remaining 325 acres which are no longer needed for the recreation site. These lands will remain closed to surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing by an overlapping withdrawal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 1998.

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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Public Land Order No. 1144, which withdrew lands for Forest Service recreation areas, is hereby modified to 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) (1994), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

Winema National Forest

T. 27 S., R. 6\1/2\ E.,

Sec. 11, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\, and those portions of the N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\ lying outside the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary;

Sec. 12, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and those portions of the N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying outside the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary;

Sec. 13, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;

Sec. 14, NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

The area described contains approximately 949.43 acres in Klamath County.

The lands described above continue to be withdrawn from location and entry under the United States mining laws to protect the Forest Service's Miller Lake Recreation Area. These lands have been and will remain open to leasing under the mineral leasing laws.

2. Public Land Order No. 1144, which withdrew lands for Forest Service recreation areas, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

Winema National Forest

T. 27 S., R. 6\1/2\ E.,

Sec. 11, W\1/2\W\1/2\, and those portions of the NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying within the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary;

Sec. 12, those portions of the SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying within the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary.

The areas described aggregate approximately 325 acres in Klamath County.

The lands described above will remain closed to surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing by the overlapping Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area withdrawal.

3. At 8:30 a.m. on May 21, 1998, the lands described in paragraph 1 will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable laws.

Dated: April 2, 1998. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

FR Doc. 98-10515Filed4-20-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4310-33-P

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