[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31261]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AK-931-1430-01; AA-66900]


Public Land Order No. 6439; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
5549; Alaska; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Correction.

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SUMMARY: This order will correct the Summary and Paragraph 2 of Public 
Land Order No. 6439, 48 FR 33713-33714, FR Doc. 83-19996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-
5477.
    On page 33713, second column, the ``SUMMARY'' paragraph in Public 
Land Order No. 6439, which reads ``This order totally revokes a 
withdrawal of 46,080 acres of national forest lands. Of this acreage, 
3,190 acres was conveyed to Shee Atika, Inc. The remaining 42,890 acres 
remain closed to operation of the general land laws, including mining 
and mineral leasing.'' is hereby corrected to read: ``This order 
totally revokes a withdrawal of 46,080 acres of national forest lands. 
Of this acreage, 3,190 acres were conveyed to Shee Atika, Inc. 
Approximately 19,810 acres of the lands are returned to national forest 
status, subject to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of 
National Forest System lands. The remaining 23,080 acres of national 
forest lands are also within the boundary of the Admiralty Island 
National Monument and the Admiralty Island National Monument 
Wilderness, as established and designated by the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act.''
    On page 33714, first column, Paragraph 2, which reads ``The lands 
shall remain subject to administration by the Secretary of Agriculture 
under applicable laws and regulations as part of the Tongass National 
Forest and the Admiralty Island National Monument as established in 
Sec. 503(b) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 
December 2, 1980 (94 Stat. 2399). Accordingly, the lands remain closed 
to operation of the general public land laws, including mining and 
mineral leasing.'' is hereby corrected to read: ``The lands shall 
remain subject to administration by the Secretary of Agriculture under 
applicable laws and regulations. The lands listed under the subheading 
``Kuiu Island,'' located solely within the Tongass National Forest, are 
returned to unrestricted national forest status, and are open to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
lands, including mining and mineral leasing. The remaining lands, which 
are also part of the Admiralty Island National Monument and the 
Admiralty Island National Monument Wilderness pursuant to Sections 
503(b) and 703(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act, 94 Stat. 2399 and 2418, remain closed to operation of the public 
land laws, including mining and mineral leasing.''

    Dated: November 26, 1996.
Robert C. Fisk,
Acting Resources Group Administrator, Division of Lands, Minerals, and 
Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-31261 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]
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