[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47769-47770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22969]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0111; OR-19630 (WA), OR-19655 (WA)]


Public Land Order No. 7213; Revocation of Secretarial Orders 
Dated May 13, 1922, and November 20, 1928; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in their entirety two Secretarial orders 
which withdrew 4,518.57 acres of National Forest System land for use by 
the Bureau of Land Management in connection with Powersite 
Classification Nos. 35 and 209. The lands are no longer needed for the 
purpose for which they were withdrawn. This action will open 796.97 
acres to surface entry. The 3,721.60 acre balance remains closed to 
surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing by other overlapping 
withdrawals.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 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. The Secretarial Order dated May 13, 1922, which withdrew the 
following described lands for Powersite Classification No. 35, is 
hereby revoked in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Mt. Baker National Forest

T. 32 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 1;
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lot 1, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 1, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 32 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate 3,660.40 acres in Snohomish 
County.

    2. The Secretarial Order dated November 20, 1928, which withdrew 
the following described lands for Powersite Classification No. 209, is 
hereby revoked in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Snoqualmie National Forest

T. 24 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 2, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, lot 1, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 28 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 848.17 acres in King and Snohomish 
Counties.
    3. At 8:30 a.m. on October 10, 1996, the following described lands 
will be open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands, subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at 
or prior to 8:30 a.m., on October 10, 1996, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time:

Willamette Meridian

Mt. Baker National Forest

T. 32 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 5, those portions of lot 2 and the SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying 
outside the boundary of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River withdrawal;
    Sec. 6, lot 1;
    Sec. 8, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and those portions of lots 1 and 7 lying 
outside the boundary of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River withdrawal;
    Sec. 9, those portions of lots 1 and 2, and the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ 
lying outside the boundary of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 
withdrawal;
    Sec. 13, lot 1, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and those portions of lots 5, 6, 7, and 
9, and the N\1/2\SW\1/4\ lying outside the boundary of the Skagit 
Wild and Scenic River withdrawal;
T. 32 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 4 to 8, inclusive;
    Sec. 20, lot 5, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and those 
portions of lots 7 and 8 lying outside the boundary of the Skagit 
Wild and Scenic River withdrawal;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and those portions of lots 4, 5, 6, and 
7 lying outside the boundary of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 
withdrawal.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 796.97 acres in 
Snohomish County.

    4. The lands described in paragraph 2 are included in the Alpine 
Lakes and Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area withdrawals and remain 
closed to surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing.
    5. The lands described in paragraph 1, except as provided in 
paragraph 3, are included in the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 
withdrawal and will remain closed to surface entry.

    Dated: August 27, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-22969 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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