[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8552]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Establishment of Ramsey Creek Purchase Unit

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of Ramsey Creek Purchase Unit.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture created the 2,276.39-acre Ramsey 
Creek Purchase Unit in Wasco County, Oregon. A copy of the 
establishment document, which includes the legal description of the 
lands within the purchase unit, appears at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Establishment of this purchase unit was effective 
January 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map depicting the lands within the purchase 
unit is on file and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Director, Lands Staff, 201 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jack Craven, Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, PO Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090, telephone: (202) 205-1248.

    Dated: March 28, 1997.
Gerald Coghlan,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

Establishment of Ramsey Creek Purchase Unit, Wasco County, Oregon

    Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under 
Section 17, Pub. L. 94-588 (90 Stat. 2949), the Ramsey Creek 
Purchase Unit is being created in Wasco County, Oregon. The lands 
within the purchase unit are described as follows:

Wasco County, Oregon, Willamette Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 12 E., W.M.
    Section 3 SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 7 S\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\ lying 
southerly of the County road;
    Section 8 SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying southerly of the County road, 
NE\1/4\ lying south and east of the County roads, S\1/2\ excepting 
beginning at the southwest corner of Section 8 and running thence 
easterly 240 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction to the 
westerly line of said Section 8 at a point 240 feet north of the 
starting point; thence south to the place of beginning;
    Section 9 All, excepting the north 617.5 feet of the N\1/2\NW\1/
4\ and the north 617.5 feet of the NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Section 10 NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Section 16 Beginning at the northwest corner, running thence 
south along section a distance of 1,712 feet; thence north 
80 deg.05' east 5,357 feet to the east boundary of said Section 16; 
thence north 783 feet to the northeast corner thereof; thence west 
one mile, to the point of beginning;
    Section 17 All that part lying northerly of a line beginning at 
the southwest corner of the N\1/2\ of Section 17 and running thence 
N 80 deg.05' east 5,357 feet to the east boundary of Section 17, 
said point being 928 feet north of the southeast corner of the N\1/
2\ of Section 17;
    Section 18 Lots 1, 2, 3, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 2,276.39, more or less, and is 
adjacent to the Mt. Hood National Forest.
    These lands are well suited for watershed protection and meet 
the requirements of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended.

    Dated: January 28, 1997.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 97-8552 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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