[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17910-17911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9898]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-1430-01; GP6-0072; OR-48432(WASH)]


Public Land Order No. 7193; Withdrawal of Public Lands and 
Reserved Minerals for Protection of Yakima Firing Center Expansion; 
Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 6,640.02 acres of public lands from 
surface entry and mining, and 3,090.80 acres of reserved mineral 
interests from mining for a period of 5 years. This will protect the 
expansion of the Yakima Firing Center for the Department of the Army, 
Corps of Engineers, pending the processing of an Engle Act withdrawal 
application. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 23, 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 public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not the mineral leasing laws, to protect 
lands pending action on an Engle Act withdrawal application:

Willamette Meridian

Surface and Mineral Estates

T. 17 N., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and that portion of the E\1/2\ lying 
south of the Interstate Highway 90 right-of-way;
    Sec. 26.
T. 16 N., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 17 N., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 30, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 16 N., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 and 14;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and that 
portion of the E\1/2\SE\1/4\ lying westerly of the westerly right-
of-way line of Huntzinger Road;
    Sec. 20, that portion of the SW\1/4\ lying westerly of the 
easterly right-of-way line of the railroad;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,640.02 acres of 
public lands in Kittitas County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the reserved mineral interests 
in the following described lands are hereby withdrawn from the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from the mineral 
leasing laws:

Willamette Meridian

Mineral Estate

T. 16 N., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 12;
    Sec. 18, lot 4 and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8.
T. 17 N., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 12.

    The areas described aggregate 3,090.80 acres of reserved 
minerals in Kittitas County.

    3. 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.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 5 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 the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: April 15, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-9898 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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