[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12416]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0103; OR 50776]


Order Providing for Opening of Lands; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action will open 798.34 acres of lands to such forms of 
disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands, 
mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing. The lands have been 
eliminated from a Forest Service exchange proposal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, 503-952-6170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended by the 
Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988, the following described 
Federal lands have been eliminated from the initial exchange proposal 
between the Mt. Hood National Forest, Winema National Forest, and Hood 
River County, Oregon:

Willamette Meridian

Winema National Forest

T. 33 S., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 10;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 33 S., R. 7 \1/2\ E.,
    Sec. 13, lot 8.

Mt. Hood National Forest

T. 1 S., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 798.34 acres in Klamath and Hood 
River Counties.

    At 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1996, the lands will be opened to 
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
records, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid existing 
applications received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1996, will 
be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter will be considered in the order of filing.
    At 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1996, the lands will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws. Appropriation 
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. Sec. 38, 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.
    At 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 1996, the lands will be opened to 
applications and offers under the mineral leasing laws and the 
Geothermal Steam Act.

    Dated: May 8, 1996.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services
[FR Doc. 96-12416 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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