[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16866-16867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8960]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-931-1430-01; N-59476]


Public Land Order No. 7253; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Protection of the Pah Rah Range; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 21,969.012 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining for 5 years to protect recreational, cultural, 
wildlife, riparian, and watershed values in the Pah Rah Range while the 
Bureau of Land Management completes land use planning for this land.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 702-785-6532.
    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land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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, for the protection of the Pah Rah Range:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 21 N., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 12;
    Sec. 24.
T. 22 N., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 12;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\E\1/2\, and the portion of the W\1/2\E\1/2\ lying 
east of the center of the summit of the ridge;
    Sec. 36.
T. 21 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 8 to 21, inclusive;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 8 to 23, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\N\1/2\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 to 3, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, lots 3 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 22 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 and 7 to 13, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 16, lots 2 to 5, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, excluding MS 4230;
    Sec. 18, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, excluding MS 4230;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29;
    Sec. 30, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 32;
    Sec. 33;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 21,969.012 acres in Washoe County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 5 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

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determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: March 31, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-8960 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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