[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14801]


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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-943-4210-06; GP4-191; OR-48510 (WASH)]

 

Opening of Lands in a Proposed Withdrawal; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
1,750 acres of National Forest System lands for the White Pass Ski Area 
terminates on July 23, 1994, and the lands will be opened to mining. 
The lands have been and remain open to surface entry and mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Kauffman, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-280-7162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 57 FR 33006, July 24, 1992, as 
corrected by 57 FR 38855, August 27, 1992, which segregated the lands 
described therein for up to 2 years from location and entry under the 
mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, but not from other forms 
of disposition which may by law be made of National Forest System lands 
or to the mineral leasing laws. The 2-year segregation expires July 23, 
1994. The withdrawal application will continue to be processed unless 
it is canceled or denied as to the following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests

T. 13 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 1, that portion of the N\1/2\ lying northerly of the 
withdrawal for State Highway 12 (PLO 2434);
    Sec. 2, that portion of the N\1/2\ lying outside the William O. 
Douglas Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 10, that portion of the E\1/2\ lying southerly of the 
withdrawal for State Highway 12 (PLO 2434);
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, that portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ lying outside the 
Goat Rocks Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 14, that portion lying outside the Goat Rocks Wilderness 
Area;
    Sec. 15, that portion lying outside the Goat Rocks Wilderness 
Area;
    Sec. 22, that portion lying outside the Goat Rocks Wilderness 
Area;
    Sec. 23, that portion lying outside the Goat Rocks Wilderness 
Area.
T. 14 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 35, that portion lying outside the William O. Douglas 
Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 36, those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ 
lying outside the William O. Douglas Wilderness Area.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,750 acres in Lewis 
and Yakima Counties, Washington.

    At 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 1994, the lands will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and other 
segregations of record. Appropriation of any of the lands described in 
this order 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. 38 (1988), 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.

    Dated: June 9, 1994.
Eleanor McCauley,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Minerals Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-14801 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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