[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4095]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-63; GP6-0278; OR-51891]


Public Land Order No. 7246; Withdrawal for Edson Creek Park; 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 44.48 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land 
Management to protect the recreation site known as Edson Creek Park. 
The land will be opened to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, PO 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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the Edson Creek Park:

Willamette Meridian

T. 32 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 6, that portion of the S\1/2\, commonly called Tax Lot 32-
14-06-501, as more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a 
point which is north 16 deg.30' east 479.0 ft. from the witness 
corner for the southwest closing corner of Sec. 6; Thence east 488.3 
ft.; Thence south 9 deg.45' east 73.1 ft.; Thence south 59 deg.31' 
east 115.9 ft.; Thence north 78 deg.11' east 128.9 ft.; Thence north 
68 deg.11' east 94.0 ft.; Thence north 72 deg.40' east 85.5 ft.; 
Thence north 66 deg.01' east 111.0 ft.; Thence north 58 deg.27' east 
80.0 ft.; Thence north 67 deg.08' east 229.8 ft.; Thence north 
24 deg.38' east 106.7 ft.; Thence north 43 deg.55' east 110.9 ft.; 
Thence north 57 deg.46' east 304.5 ft.; Thence north 5 deg.04' west 
50.6 ft.; Thence north 36 deg.55' west 126.2 ft.; Thence north 
59 deg.18' east 155.3 ft.; Thence south 39 deg.47' east 416.7 ft.; 
Thence south 86 deg.19' east 258.2 ft.; Thence north 83 deg.22' east 
109.9 ft.; Thence north 83 deg.40' east 281.1 ft.; Thence north 
19 deg.01' east 777.6 ft.; Thence north 67 deg.42' east 166.3 ft.; 
Thence north 42 deg.53' east 363.3 ft.; Thence north 441.7 ft.; 
Thence south 11 deg.02' west 73.0 ft.; Thence south 52 deg.03' west 
234.6 ft.; Thence west 167.0 ft.; Thence south 43 deg.41' west 211.0 
ft.; Thence south 65 deg.42' west 194.0 ft.; Thence south 88 deg.12' 
west 350.0 ft.; Thence south 60 deg.29' west 258.9 ft.; Thence south 
51 deg.16' east 51.8 ft.; Thence south 2 deg.26' west 212.9 ft.; 
Thence south 9 deg.19' east 92.4 ft.; Thence south 59 deg.29' west 
158.0 ft.; Thence north 67 deg.06' west 321.8 ft.; Thence south 
73 deg.23' west 411.2 ft.; Thence south 42 deg.36' west 215.2 ft.; 
Thence south 34 deg.54' west 671.0 ft.; Thence north 88 deg.52' west 
216.1 ft.; Thence north 68 deg.55' west 67.8 ft.; Thence north 
35 deg.39' west 428.4 ft.; Thence south 16 deg.30' west 612.6 ft. to 
point of beginning.

    The area described contains approximately 44.48 acres in Curry 
County.

    2. At 8:30 a.m. on March 24, 1997, the land will be opened to 
operation of the mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law.
    3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    4. 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 that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: February 4, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-4095 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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