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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-943-4210-06; GP4-181; OR-47431]

 

Conveyance of Public Lands; Order Providing for Opening of Lands; 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action informs the public of the conveyance of 954.97 
acres of public lands out of Federal ownership. This action will also 
open 162.69 acres of 477 acres of reconveyed lands to surface entry and 
277 acres to mining and mineral leasing. Of these lands, 160 acres have 
been and continue to be open to mining, subject to Section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act and provisions of 43 CFR 3730, and 40 acres have been 
and continue to be open to mining and 200 acres to mineral leasing. Of 
the lands reconveyed, 264.31 acres fall within the withdrawal boundary 
of the Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River and remain closed to surface 
entry.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, 503-280-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. Under the authority of Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1716, patents have been issued 
transferring 954.97 acres in Wallowa County, Oregon from Federal to 
private ownership.
    2. In the exchange, the following described lands have been 
reconveyed to the United States:

Willamette Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 3, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of Lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\ of Lot 2, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and that part of 
the Lot 3 and the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, lying south and east of the Grande 
Ronde River.
T. 6 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, Excepting therefrom a parcel of land 
lying within the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of said Sec. 23, deeded to Wallowa 
County, in Book 59 of Deeds, page 349;
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that part of the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\ lying south and east of the Grande 
Ronde River;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 477.00 acres in Wallowa County.

    3. The lands lying within one-quarter mile of the river in the 
following described lands, are included in the withdrawal for the 
Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River and will remain closed to surface 
entry:

Willamette Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 3, that part of Lot 3 and N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying south 
and east of the Grande Ronde River.
T. 6 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, Excepting therefrom a parcel of land 
lying within the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of said Sec. 23, deeded to Wallowa 
County, in Book 59 of Deeds, page 349;
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, that portion of the S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying south and east of the 
Grande Ronde River.

    4. At 8:30 a.m., on July 11, 1994, the lands described in paragraph 
2, except as provided in paragraph 3, will be opened to operation of 
the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals and segregation of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. All valid existing applications 
received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on July 11, 1994, will be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter will be 
considered in the order of filing.
    5. At 8:30 a.m., on July 11, 1994, the following described lands 
will be opened to location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, subject to provisions of existing withdrawals. Appropriation 
under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration 
is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. Sec. 38, shall vest no rights 
against the United States. Acts required to establish a location and to 
initiate a right of possession are governed by State law where not in 
conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land Management will not 
intervene in disputes between rival locators over possessory rights 
since Congress has provided for such determinations in local courts:

Willamette Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 3, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of Lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\ of Lot 2, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and that part of 
Lot 3 and the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, lying outside of the one-quarter mile 
Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River withdrawal boundary, south and 
east of the Grande Ronde River.
T. 6 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that 
part of the W\1/2\SE\1/4\ lying outside of the one-quarter mile 
Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River withdrawal boundary, south and 
east of the Grande Ronde River;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.

    6. At 8:30 a.m., on July 11, 1994, the lands in paragraph 5 will be 
opened to applications and offers under the mineral leasing laws.

    Dated: May 26, 1994.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Minerals Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-13584 Filed 6-2-94; 8:45 am]
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