[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47954-47955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23248]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0222; OR-50856]


Public Land Order No. 7215; Proposed Withdrawal for the Pacific 
Ocean Coastline, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,009.48 acres of public lands from 
mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land Management to 
protect the unique natural resources along the Oregon coastline. The 
lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing and to surface 
entry except to the agricultural land laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 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 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lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the unique natural resources along the Oregon 
coastline:

Willamette Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 30, lot 15.
T. 4 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 17 and 18;
    Sec. 29, lot 3.
T. 5 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 5, unnumbered lot in NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and unnumbered 
lot in NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 8;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 3, lot 8.
T. 9 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 28, lot 9.
T. 14 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 35, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 2, lot 1.
T. 19 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2.
T. 41 S., R. 13 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 9;
    Sec. 7, lot 2.
T. 26 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 27 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 29, lot 3.
T. 33 S., R. 14 W.,

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    Sec. 31, lots 2, 6, and 7, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 34 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 1;
    Sec. 33, lots 1, 2, 3, and 7;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 38 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 39 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 23, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 30 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 32 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 34 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 1.

    The areas described aggregate 1,009.48 acres in Coos, Curry, 
Lane, Lincoln, and Tillamook Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than the mining laws.
    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 the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: September 5, 1996.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-23248 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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