[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5719-5720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3259]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7184

[OR-958-1430-01; GP6-0038; OR-50500]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands to Protect the Elk 
River Wild and Scenic Corridor; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,921 acres of National Forest System 
lands in the Siskiyou National Forest from mining for a period of 20 
years to protect the recreational and visual resources of the Elk River 
Wild and Scenic Corridor. The lands have been and will remain open to 
such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest 
System lands and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM, Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6155.
    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National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but 
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
significant recreational and visual resources along the Elk River Wild 
and Scenic Corridor:

Willamette Meridian

Siskiyou National Forest

    Tracts of land located within the following described townships 
and sections as more particularly identified and described below:

T. 33 S., R. 13 W.,
    Secs. 13 to 24, inclusive, secs. 29 and 30.
T. 33 S., R. 14 W.,
    Secs. 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17, and secs. 20 to 24, inclusive; 
Beginning at the northeast corner of the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 7, 
T. 33 S., R. 14 W.; Thence westerly to the northwest corner of the 
SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 7; Thence southerly to the south quarter 
corner of sec. 7; Thence easterly to the southeast corner of sec. 7; 
Thence southerly along the west boundary of sec. 17 to the northwest 
corner of the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ of sec. 17; Thence easterly to the 
southwest corner of the E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ of sec. 17; Thence 
northerly to the northwest corner of the E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ of 
sec. 17; Thence easterly to the northeast corner of the W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\ of sec. 17; Thence southerly to the southeast corner of 
the W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ of sec. 17; Thence 

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easterly along the south boundary of sec.17 to the south quarter corner 
of sec. 17; Thence southerly along the north-south centerline of 
sec. 20 to the northeasterly right-of-way of Forest Service (FS) 
road 5502 020 as described in Curry County Book of Records 1, pages 
308 and 429; Thence easterly along said northeasterly right-of-way 
line to the east boundary of sec. 20, EXCEPT that portion of land in 
the NE\1/4\ and northeast of the road as described in deed to Maude 
S. Kohl, et al., recorded June 20, 1969, in Book 11 page 313 of 
Curry County; Thence northerly to the northeast corner of the SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 20; Thence southeasterly to the summit of Pearce 
Peak; Thence easterly along the ridge to the summit of Purple 
Mountain; Thence southeasterly along the ridge to the east-west 
centerline of sec. 22; Thence easterly along said centerline to the 
northeast corner of the SW\1/4\ of sec. 22; Thence southerly along 
the north-south centerline of sec. 22 to the divide between Bald 
Mountain Creek and Elk River; Thence southeasterly along said divide 
to the northerly most point of Father Mountain; Thence northeasterly 
to the east quarter corner of sec. 23; Thence northeasterly to a 
point in an unnamed tributary to Elk River at 42 deg.42'15.45'' N., 
124 deg.18'32.56'' W.; Thence northeasterly to a point in a borrow 
pit and 50 foot offset from FS Road No. 5325 180 at 
42 deg.42'31.08'' N., 124 deg.18'26.24'' W.; Thence easterly and 
parallel to said FS road at a 50 foot northerly offset to a point at 
42 deg.42'27.22'' N., 124 deg.17'47.98'' W.; Thence northeasterly to 
a point at the end of FS Road No. 5325 182 at 42 deg.42'40.41'' N., 
124 deg.17'22.11'' W.; Thence northeasterly to a point on the divide 
between Panther Creek and Elk River at 42 deg.42'49.13'' N., 
124 deg.17'07.24'' W.; Thence southerly to 42 deg.42'44.66'' N., 
124 deg.17'04.49'' W.; Thence southerly to 42 deg.42'36.55'' N., 
124 deg.17'04.22'' W.; Thence southwesterly to 42 deg.42'21.93'' N., 
124 deg.17'13.85'' W.; Thence southeasterly to 42 deg.42'15.44'' N., 
124 deg.17'09.72'' W.; Thence southwesterly to 42 deg.42'08.94'' N., 
124 deg.17'11.10'' W.; Thence southerly to the junction of the West 
Fork and Main Fork of Panther Creek; Thence southeasterly along the 
thread of the Main Fork to the junction of the East Fork of Panther 
Creek; Thence northeasterly to the west sixteenth corner of secs. 20 
and 29, T. 33 S., R. 13 W.; Thence northeasterly to the north 
quarter of sec. 20; Thence northeasterly to a point at the end of a 
logging spur on a prominent ridge at 42 deg.43'03.31'' N., 
124 deg.15'52.92'' W.; Thence following said ridge and logging spur, 
southeasterly to a point at a 50 foot northerly offset from FS Road 
No. 5544; Thence parallel to said road at a 50 foot northerly offset 
to a point on the ridge where the road turns southerly at 
42 deg.43'19.14'' N., 124 deg.15'35.57'' W.; Thence southeasterly to 
a point at the end of FS Road 5544 040 at 42 deg.43'13.04'' N., 
124 deg.14'36.19'' W.; Thence southeasterly to the south quarter of 
sec. 15; Thence southeasterly to a point in Blackberry Creek at 
42 deg.42'37.34'' N., 124 deg.13'41.38'' W.; Thence southeasterly 
following spur ridge to divide between McCurdy Creek and Blackberry 
Creek; Thence easterly and northerly along ridge to a 50 foot 
southerly offset from FS Road No. 5325 starting at 42 deg.42'07.12'' 
N., 124 deg.12'48.52'' W. to 42 deg.42'08.54'' N., 
124 deg.12'38.61'' W. to 42 deg.42'16.05'' N., 124 deg.12'19.62'' W. 
to 42 deg.42'28.23'' N., 124 deg.12'20.18'' W. to 42 deg.42'36.75''' 
N., 124 deg.12'27.34'' W. to 42 deg.42'49.14'' N., 
124 deg.12'26.52'' W.; Thence easterly to a point in the south fork 
of Elk River at 42 deg.42'49.75'' N., 124 deg.12'09.18'' W.; Thence 
northwesterly along thread of South Fork of Elk River to junction 
with the Main and North Forks of Elk River; Thence northwesterly to 
42 deg.43'07.00'' N., 124 deg.12'25.16'' W.; Thence northwesterly to 
42 deg.43'12.68'' N., 124 deg.12'38.10'' W.; Thence northwesterly 
along spur ridge which divides the North Fork and Main Fork of the 
Elk River to a prominent point at 42 deg.43'16.33'' N., 
124 deg.12'43.61'' W.; Thence southwesterly along said ridge to a 
point at 42 deg.43'04.76'' N., 124 deg.12'59.84'' W.; Thence 
northwesterly to the intersection of a tributary to Bungalow Creek 
and the west boundary of sec. 14; Thence northerly along said 
section line to the northwest corner of sec. 14; Thence westerly 
along the south boundary of secs. 10, 9, and 8 to a point on the 
Grassy Knob Wilderness Boundary; Thence along the Grassy Knob 
Wilderness Boundary line to a point on the east-west centerline of 
the NE\1/4\ of sec. 7, T. 33 S., R. 14 W.; Thence west along said 
east-west centerline to the point of beginning.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 4,921 acres in Curry 
County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 
National Forest System lands under lease, license, or permit, or 
governing the disposal of the 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: February 7, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-3259 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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