[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7796-7797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-958-0777-54; GP6-0214; OR-19015, OR-19121]


Public Land Order No. 7245; Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated 
November 14, 1917, and Executive Order Dated May 4, 1918; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in their entirety a Secretarial order and 
an Executive order which withdrew 174.72 acres of public lands for the 
Bureau of Land Management's Waterpower Designation No. 15 and Powersite 
Reserve No. 686. The lands are no longer needed for the purposes for 
which they were withdrawn. This action will open 170.22 acres to 
surface entry, which have been and will remain open to mining. The 
4.50-acre balance remains closed to surface entry and mining due to 
another existing withdrawal. All of the lands have been and will remain 
open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 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. The Secretarial Order dated November 14, 1917, which established 
Waterpower Designation No. 15, and the Executive Order dated May 4, 
1918, which established Powersite Reserve No. 686, are hereby revoked 
in their entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands
(a) Waterpower Designation No. 15
T. 22 S., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 33, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\, all land lying within 
50 feet of centerline of transmission line.
T. 35 S., R. 5 W.,

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    Sec. 29, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, all land lying within 50 feet of 
centerline of transmission line.
T. 3 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 29, lot 4, all land lying within 50 feet of centerline of 
transmission line.
T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of Tract 37 within the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
(b) Powersite Reserve No. 686 and Waterpower Designation No. 15
T. 41 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 3, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\.

    The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate approximately 
174.72 acres in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Counties.

    2. The following described land is within the boundary of Power 
Project No. 477 and will remain closed to the operation of the public 
land laws, including the mining laws:

T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of Tract 37 within the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 4.50 acres.

    3. At 8:30 a.m. on March 24, 1997, the lands described in paragraph 
1, except as provided in paragraph 3, will be opened to such forms of 
disposition as may by law be made of Revested Oregon and California 
Railroad Grant 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 March 24, 1997, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time.
    4. The State of Oregon has waived its preference right for public 
highway rights-of-way or material sites as provided by the Federal 
Power Act of June 10, 1920, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1988).

    Dated: February 4, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-4096 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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