[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 26924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13359]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-010-1430-00; CACA 7870]


Order Providing for Opening of Lands Subject to Section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to section 24 of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), approximately 87.6 acres of public lands withdrawn by two 
Federal Power Commission (FPC) orders, dated June 27, 1963 and February 
17, 1971, for Power Project Number 2179. This action will permit 
consummation of a pending land exchange and retain the power rights to 
the United States of America. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC) has determined that the power value of the subject lands will 
not be injured or destroyed by their exchange, if the land exchange is 
subject to section 24 of FPA. FERC concurred with this action in a 
letter, DVCA-1237, dated March 29, 1996. Although the lands have been 
and will remain closed to mining, they have been and will remain open 
to mineral leasing.

DATES: August 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1889, 916-
979-2858.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By virtue of the authority vested in the 
Secretary of the Interior by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as 
amended, 41 Stat. 1075; 49 Stat. 846; 62 Stat. 275; 16 U.S.C. 818, and 
pursuant to the determination by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission in DVCA-1237, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 8:30 a.m. on August 28, 1996, the following described lands 
withdrawn by two Federal Power Commission (FPC) orders, dated June 27, 
1963 and February 17, 1971, for Power Project Number 2179, will be 
opened to disposal by land exchange subject to the provisions of 
Section 24 of the Federal Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in determination DVCA-1237, and subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and the 
requirements of applicable law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 2, that portion of lot 1 lying inside of the project 
boundary for Power Project Number 2179;
    Sec. 3, lots 7 through 15 (formerly described as lot 2).

    The areas described aggregate approximately 87.6 acres in 
Mariposa County.

    2. The State of California has a preference right for public 
highway rights-of-way or material sites for a period of 90 days from 
the date of publication of this order, and any location, entry, 
selection, or subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights granted 
the State as provided by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as 
amended, 41 Stat. 1075; 49 Stat. 846; 62 Stat. 275; 16 U.S.C. 818.

    Dated: May 15, 1996.
David McIlnay,
Chief, Branch of Lands.
[FR Doc. 96-13359 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am]
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