[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39860-39861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19411]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-1430-00; CACA 7663, CACA 7953, CACA 8151, and CACA 8153]


Order Providing for Opening of Lands Subject to Section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens to disposal by either land exchange or sale, 
subject to section 24 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 1,561.66 acres of 
public lands withdrawn by an U. S. Geological Survey Order dated April 
22, 1948, an Executive Order dated May 11, 1915, and two Federal Power 
Commission orders, dated July 18, 1949 and June 12, 1962, respectively, 
for power site purposes. This action will permit consummation of 
pending land exchanges and retain the power rights to the United States 
of America. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has 
determined that the power value of the subject lands will not be 
injured or destroyed by their disposal by either land exchange or sale, 
if the land exchange or sale are subject to section 24 of FPA. FERC 
concurred with this action in three letters: DVCA-1241, dated December 
10, 1996; DVCA-1242-000, dated April 17, 1997; and DVCA-1243-000, dated 
May 5, 1997. Although the lands have been and will remain closed to 
mining because of the withdrawals for the two power projects or the 
existing segregation for the pending land exchanges, they have been and 
will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825-0451, 916-
978-4675.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By virtue of the authority vested in the 
Secretary of the Interior by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as 
amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994), and pursuant to the determinations by 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in DVCA-1241, DVCA-1242-000, 
and DVCA-1432-000, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 1997, the following described lands 
withdrawn by an U. S. Geological Order, dated April 22, 1948, for Power 
Site Classification Number 391 (CACA 7663), will be opened to disposal 
by land exchange subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 
Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 
determination DVCA-1243-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable 
law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 9 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 4, lot 9, and lots 14 through 18, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lots 5 through 10, inclusive, and lots 14 and 15.
T. 10 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 30, N\1/2\ of lot 8;
    Sec. 31, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 10 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 675.07 acres in Napa County.

    2. At 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 1997, the following described land 
withdrawn by an Executive Order, dated May 11, 1915, for Power Site 
Reserve Number 487 (CACA 7953), will be opened to disposal by land 
exchange or sale subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 
Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 
determination DVCA-1243-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable 
law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 8 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 25, lots 6 and 7 (originally described as lots 1 and 2).

    The area described contains 24.62 acres in Amador and El Dorado 
Counties.

    3. At 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 1997, the following described land 
withdrawn by a Federal Power Commission Order, dated July 18, 1949, for 
Power Project Number 2019 (CACA 8151), will be opened to disposal by 
land exchange subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 
Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 
determination DVCA-1242-000, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable 
law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 36, that portion of S\1/2\NE\1/4\ lying inside of the 
project boundary for Power Project Number 2019 (i.e., 100 feet on 
either side of the centerline of the Utica Conduit).

    The area described contains 35.19 acres in Calaveras County.

    4. At 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 1997. The following described lands 
withdrawn by a Federal Power Commission Order, dated June 12, 1962, for 
Power Project Number 2082 (CACA 8153), will be opened to disposal by 
land exchange subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 
Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 
determination DVCA-1241, and subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable 
law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 47 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 4, lot 4 and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 through 4, inclusive.
T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\.

    The areas described aggregate 826.78 acres in Siskiyou County.

    5. The State of California has waived its right of selection in 
accordance with the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act 
of June 10, 1920, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994), as amended.

    Dated: July 17, 1997.
Richard T. Forester,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands.
[FR Doc. 97-19411 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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