Public land orders: Oregon,

[Federal Register: May 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 100)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-0777-63; GP7-0064; OR-19112]

Public Land Order No. 7391; Revocation of Executive Order dated November 14, 1917; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive order in its entirety as to 16 acres of public lands withdrawn for Bureau of Land Management Powersite Reserve No. 658. The lands are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. This action will open 11.50 acres to surface entry. These lands have been and will remain open to mining. The remaining 4.50 acres are included in an overlapping withdrawal and will remain closed to surface entry and mining. All the lands will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth J. St. Mary, BLM Oregon/ Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6168.

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. The Executive Order dated November 14, 1917, which established Powersite Reserve No. 658, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

   Willamette Meridian

   Oregon and California Railroad Grant Land T. 22 S., R. 5 W.,

   Sec. 33, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\, all land lying within 50 feet of centerline of transmission line. T. 35 S., R. 5 W.,

   Sec. 29, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, all land lying within 50 feet of centerline of transmission line. T. 3 S., R. 3 E.,

   Sec. 29, lot 4, all land lying within 50 feet of centerline of transmission line. T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,

   Sec. 1, that portion of Tract 37 lying within the NE\1/4\NW\1/ 4\.

   The areas aggregate approximately 16 acres in Clackamas, Douglas, and Josephine Counties.

2. That portion of Tract 37 in the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ of sec. 1, T. 2 S., R. 4 E., lying within the boundary of Power Project No. 477, remains closed to operation of the public land laws, including the mining laws.

3. At 8:30 a.m. on August 24, 1999, the lands described in paragraph 1, except as provided in paragraph 2, will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of Revested Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on August 24, 1999, shall be considered as simultaneously filedat that time. Applications received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.

4. The State of Oregon has a preference right as to the lands referenced in paragraph 3 for public highway rights-of-way or material sites for a period of 90 days from date of publication of this order and any location, entry, selection, or subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights granted the State as provided by section 24 of the Act of June 10, 1920, as amended 43 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

   Dated: May 7, 1999. John Berry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

   [FR Doc. 99-13182Filed5-24-99; 8:45 am]

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