[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 28541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13364]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7145

[CA-930-1430-01; CACA 30123]


Withdrawal of Public Lands and Minerals for the Ash Valley 
Research Natural Area and Area of Critical Environmental Concern; 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,321.51 acres of public lands from 
surface entry and mining, and 360 acres of federally reserved mineral 
interests from mining, for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern. The lands have been and will remain 
open to mineral leasing and the Materials Act of 1947. The surface 
estate of the above 360 acres of federally reserved minerals and an 
additional 360.53 acres of non-Federal lands, if acquired by the United 
States, would also be withdrawn by this order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, 916-979-2858.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 the Materials Act of 1947, or 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.

T. 38 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,321.51 acres in Lassen County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
federally reserved mineral interests are hereby withdrawn from location 
and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), 
but not from the Materials Act of 1947, or leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the Ash 
Valley Research Natural Area and Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 360 acres in Lassen County.

    3. In the event the non-Federal surface estate, of the 360 acres 
described in paragraph 2 returns to public ownership, these lands would 
be subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as described 
in paragraph 1.
    4. The following described non-Federal lands are located within the 
boundary of the Ash Valley Research Natural Area and Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern. In the event these lands return to public 
ownership, they would be subject to the term and conditions of this 
withdrawal as described in paragraph 1:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 37 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 4, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 3 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

T. 38 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 360.53 acres in Lassen County.

    5. 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.
    6. This withdrawal will expire 50 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 12, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-13364 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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