[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12469]



[[Page 26324]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(CA-930-1430-01; CACA 35558)


Public Land Order No. 7260; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Red 
Rock Canyon State Park; CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 8,896 acres of public lands from all 
public land and mineral laws except conveyances under Section 701 of 
the California Desert Protection Act of 1994, for a period of 20 years 
to protect the park resources of the lands until they can be conveyed 
to the State of California as mandated by Congress. Congress has 
mandated all the public lands described below be conveyed to the State 
of California, subject to valid existing rights, for inclusion in Red 
Rock Canyon State Park (California Desert Protection Act, 108 Stat. 
4471, Sec. 701).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Alex, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.1), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825; 
916-979-2858.
    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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)) and the mineral leasing laws, but not from 
conveyance under Section 701 of the California Desert Protection Act of 
1994 (108 Stat. 4471):

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 29 S., R. 37 E.
    Sec. 1, lot 1, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\.
T. 29 S., R. 38 E. 24 Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, 
and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\; 24 Sec. 9;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/
2\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1, 4, and 6, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, that portion lying north of the northern right-of-way 
boundary of the highway known as the Redrock Randsburg Road.
T. 30 S., R. 38 E. 24 Sec. 4, that portion of lot 2 of NE\1/4\ lying 
north of the northern right-of-way boundary of the highway known as 
the Redrock Randsburg Road;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 8,896 acres in Kern County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
vegetative resources.
    3. This withdrawal will expire automatically upon issuance of 
patent or 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: May 6, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-12469 Filed 5-12-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-40-P