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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7057

[AK-932-4210-06; F-88329]

 

Withdrawal of Public Lands for Protection of the Coldfoot 
Administrative Site, Visitor Centers, and Campground; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 100 acres of public lands 
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 an administrative site, visitor centers, and 
a public campground at Coldfoot, Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 the Coldfoot administrative site, visitor 
centers, and campground:

Fairbanks Meridian (Unsurveyed)

Parcel 1 (Visitor Center)

    A parcel of land lying within the W\1/2\ of sec. 15, and the 
E\1/2\ of sec. 16, T. 28 N., R. 12 W., the Point of Beginning being 
the intersection of the centerline of the Dalton Highway and the 
centerline of the Venetie Trail;
    Thence, N. 75 deg. W., approximately 180 feet to corner No. 1;
    Thence, N. 40 deg. E., approximately 570 feet to corner No. 2;
    Thence, N. 18 deg.30' W., approximately 480 feet to corner No. 
3;
    Thence, S. 49 deg.30' W., approximately 1,020 feet to corner No. 
4;
    Thence, S. 60 deg. E., approximately 330 feet to corner No. 5;
    Thence, S. 75 deg. E., approximately 300 feet to close at corner 
No. 1.
    This parcel contains approximately 8.80 acres.

Parcel 2 (Visitor Center)

    A parcel of land lying within the W\1/2\ of sec. 15, and the 
E\1/2\ of sec. 16, T. 28 N., R. 12 W., the Point of Beginning being 
the intersection of the centerline of the Dalton Highway and the 
centerline of the Venetie Trail;
    Thence, S. 89 deg. W., approximately 210 feet to corner No. 1;
    Thence, N. 75 deg. W., approximately 270 feet to corner No. 2;
    Thence, N. 60 deg. W., approximately 360 feet to corner No. 3;
    Thence, S. 49 deg.30' W., approximately 840 feet to corner No. 
4;
    Thence, S. 60 deg. E., approximately 810 feet to corner No. 5;
    Thence, N. 40 deg. E., approximately 900 feet to close at corner 
No. 1.
    This parcel contains approximately 15 acres.

Parcel 3 (Visitor Center)

    A parcel of land lying within sec. 15, T. 28 N., R. 12 W., the 
Point of Beginning being the intersection of the centerline of the 
Dalton Highway and the centerline of the Venetie Trail;
    Thence, S. 77 deg. E., approximately 100 feet to corner No. 1;
    Thence, continuing S. 77 deg. E., approximately 750 feet to 
corner No. 2;
    Thence, N. 40 deg. E., approximately 360 feet to corner No. 3;
    Thence, N. 77 deg. W., approximately 750 feet to corner No. 4;
    Thence, S. 40 deg. W., approximately 360 feet to close at corner 
No. 1;
    This parcel contains approximately 4.60 acres.

Parcel 4 (Administrative Site)

    A parcel of land lying within the E\1/2\ of sec. 23, and the 
W\1/2\ of sec. 24, T. 29 N., R. 12 W., the Point of Beginning being 
the intersection of the centerline of the Dalton Highway and the 
middle of the channel of Marion Creek within sec. 23;
    Thence, N. 61 deg.30' E., approximately 875 feet to corner No. 
1;
    Thence, S. 69 deg.06' E., approximately 344 feet to corner No. 
2;
    Thence, S. 23 deg.50' E., approximately 429 feet to corner No. 
3;
    Thence, S. 62 deg.07' E., approximately 306 feet to corner No. 
4;
    Thence, S. 75 deg.27' E., approximately 704 feet to corner No. 
5;
    Thence, S. 66 deg.11' E., approximately 795 feet to corner No. 
6;
    Thence, N. 23 deg.48' E., approximately 480 feet to corner No. 
7;
    Thence, N. 66 deg.11' W., approximately 465 feet to corner No. 
8;
    Thence, N. 54 deg.31' W., approximately 1,880 feet to corner No. 
9;
    Thence, S. 36 deg.21' W., approximately 696 feet to close at 
corner No. 1.
    This parcel contains approximately 35 acres.

Parcel 5 (Campground)

    A parcel of land lying within the S\1/2\ of sec. 23, and the 
N\1/2\ of sec. 26, T. 29 N., R. 12 W., the Point of Beginning being 
the intersection of the centerline of the Dalton Highway and the 
middle of the channel of Marion Creek within sec. 23;
    Thence, S. 13 deg.30' W., approximately 1,020 feet to corner No. 
1;
    Thence, S. 40 deg.30' E., approximately 600 feet to corner No. 
2;
    Thence, S. 23 deg. E., approximately 200 feet to corner No. 3;
    Thence, S. 70 deg. E., approximately 900 feet to corner No. 4;
    Thence, N. 20 deg.30' E., approximately 1,150 feet to corner No. 
5;
    Thence, N. 70 deg. W., approximately 1,580 feet to corner No. 6;
    Thence, S. 19 deg. W., approximately 720 feet to close at corner 
No. 1.
    This parcel contains approximately 36.60 acres.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 100 acres.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 
lands 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: May 17, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-13572 Filed 6-2-94; 8:45 am]
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