[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5466]


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[Federal Register: March 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7032

[AK-932-4210-06; F-90576]

 

Withdrawal of Public Land for Protection of the Paleoindian Site 
Known as Mesa Site; AK

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 2,560 acres of public land 
from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, 
and from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but 
not from mineral leasing, for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect the archaeological, historical, and cultural 
resource integrity of the Paleoindian site known as Mesa Site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sue A. Wolf, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-5477.
    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 public 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect a Paleoindian site:

Umiat Meridian

T. 12 S., R. 17 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive.

    The area described contains approximately 2,560 acres.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 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 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: February 28, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-5466 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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