[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15972]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-930-1430-01; CACA 7616, CACA 7665, and CACA 7909]


Public Land Order No. 7268; Partial Revocations of Secretarial 
Order Dated October 1, 1925, United States Geological Survey Order 
dated June 24, 1952, and Executive Order Dated April 13, 1912; 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 
159.67 acres of public lands withdrawn for Power Site Classification 
No. 118, a United States Geological Survey order insofar as it affects 
44.46 acres of public land withdrawn for Power Site Classification No. 
425, and an Executive order insofar as it affects 920 acres of public 
lands withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 258. The lands are no longer 
needed for these purposes, and the revocations are necessary to 
facilitate two pending land exchanges under Section 206 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The lands are temporarily 
closed to surface entry and mining due to two pending land exchanges. 
The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing. The 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has concurred with this action.

EFFECTIVE DATES: For the land described below in paragraph 1(b), this 
order is effective on June 18, 1997. For the lands described below in 
paragraphs 1 (a) and (c), this order is effective on August 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1 (a). The Secretarial Order dated October 1, 1925, which 
established Power Site Classification No. 118, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 47 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 4, lot 4 and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate 159.67 acres in Siskiyou County.

    (b). The United States Geological Survey Order dated June 24, 1952, 
which established Power Site Classification No. 425, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 15, lots 11 and 12.

    The area described contains 44.46 acres in Yuba County.

    (c). The Executive Order dated April 13, 1912, which established 
Power Site Reserve No. 258, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 47 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 920 acres in Siskiyou County.

    2. The above described lands are hereby made available for exchange 
under Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1716 (1994).
    3. The lands have been open to mining under the provisions of the 
Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955, 30 U.S.C. 621 (1994). 
However, since this act applies only to lands withdrawn for power 
purposes, the provisions of the act are no longer applicable. The lands 
have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
    4. In regards to the land described above in paragraph 1(b), the 
State of California has waived its right of selection in accordance 
with the provisions of Section 24 of the Act of June 10, 1920, as 
amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).
    5. In regards to the lands described above in paragraphs 1 (a) and 
(c), the State of California has a preference right for public highway 
rights-of-way or material sites until August 8, 1997, and any location, 
entry, selection, or subsequent patent shall be subject to any rights 
granted the State as provided by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, 
as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

    Dated: June 6, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-15972 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]
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