[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22970]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-020-1430-01; MTM 84992]


Public Land Order No. 7211; Jurisdictional Transfer of Public 
Lands; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order transfers jurisdiction of 1,036.91 acres of public 
lands located within the boundaries of the Custer National Forest from 
the Bureau of Land Management to the Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service. The lands were acquired by exchange.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 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. Jurisdiction of the surface and mineral estates of following 
described public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management is 
hereby transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
for inclusion in the National Forest System:

Principal Meridian, Montana

a. Surface Estate (no minerals)

T. 6 S., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 160 acres.

b. Surface and Coal Estates

T. 7 S., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 4, HES #653;
    Secs. 7, 8, and 17, HES #991 less 17.69 acres highway right-of-
way conveyed by Deed recorded Book 27 Deeds page 363 public records 
Powder River County;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 14 and 15, HES #996 less 4.73 acres highway right-of-way 
conveyed by Deed recorded Book 27 Deeds page 365 public records 
Powder River County;
    Secs. 15 and 16, HES #986 less 17.92 acres highway right-of-way 
conveyed by Deed recorded Book 27 Deeds page 361 public records 
Powder River County.

    The areas described aggregate 718.58 acres.

c. Surface and Mineral Estates

T. 7 S., R. 48 E.,
    Secs. 14 and 23, HES #995;

    The area described contains 158.33 acres.
    The total areas described aggregate 1,036.91 acres in Powder 
River County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the above described lands are 
hereby made a part of the Custer National Forest and shall hereafter be 
subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.

    Dated: August 27, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-22970 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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