[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17341]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-924-1430-01; NDM 83168]


Public Land Order No. 7206; Withdrawal of Public Lands for 
Waterfowl Production Areas; North Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,108.60 acres of public lands from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Fish and 
Wildlife Service to protect waterfowl production areas. The lands have 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 9, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dick Thompson, BLM Montana State 
Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2829.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect waterfowl production areas:

Fifth Principal Meridian

T. 130 N., R. 68 W.,
    Sec. 24, lot 6, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 132 N., R. 68 W.,
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 135 N., R. 69 W.,
    Sec. 28. N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 135 N., R. 70 W.,
    Sec. 8, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 141 N., R. 81 W.,
    Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 142 N., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and E\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 143 N., R. 81 W.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 18, lot 3.
T. 144 N., R. 83 W.,
    Sec. 30, lot 4.
T. 144 N., R. 84 W.,
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 2, and 3.
T. 145 N., R. 84 W.,
    Sec. 34, lots 3 and 4.
T. 146 N., R. 84 W.,
    Sec. 32, lots 1, 4, 5, and 8.
T. 153 N., R. 75 W.,
    Sec. 31, lots 2 and 4.

    The areas described aggregate 1,108.60 acres in Burleigh, Logan, 
McHenry, McIntosh, and McLean Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining law.
    3. 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: June 24, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-17341 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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