[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38783-38784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18881]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0073; OR-50699 (WA)]


Public Land Order No. 7209; Withdrawal of Public Land for Cape 
Johnson; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3.25 acres of public land from surface 
entry, mining, and mineral leasing for a period of 20 years for the 
National Park Service to protect the fragile, unique, and endangered 
resources at Cape Johnson.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 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

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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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), and leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 
to protect the natural resources at Cape Johnson:

Willamette Meridian

T. 28 N., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 1.

    The area described contains 3.25 acres in Clallam County.

    2. Use and management of the area will be based on preservation and 
protection of the property's natural and cultural resources. Land uses 
authorized during the segregation period include only those activities 
consistent with the surrounding Olympic National Park designated 
wilderness. Main use of the property will be for dispersed non-
motorized recreation, outdoor education, resource research, and 
interpretation. Uses such as biological or cultural research may be 
permitted upon proper authorization.
    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 the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: July 15, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-18881 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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