[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19041]


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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7075

[AK-932-4210-06; AA-3060]

 

Withdrawal of National Forest System Land for Protection of the 
Cooper Lake Recreation Area; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 175 acres of National 
Forest System land from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 
years for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, to protect the 
Cooper Lake Recreation Area. The land has been and remains open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, 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 the recreational values of the 
Cooper Lake Recreation Area:

Seward Meridian

Chugach National Forest

T. 3 N., R. 3 W., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ (fractional), and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\ (fractional).
    The area described contains approximately 175 acres.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the 
disposal of its 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: July 22, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-19041 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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