[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40540-40541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19833]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-0777-63; GP7-0062; OR-19851 (WA)]


Public Land Order No. 7277; Revocation of Executive Order Dated 
January 17, 1911; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety an Executive order which 
withdrew 12,438.86 acres of National Forest System lands for the Bureau 
of Land Management's Reservoir Site Reserve No. 1. The lands are no 
longer needed for this purpose and the revocation is needed to permit 
disposal of a portion of the land through a Forest Service exchange. 
This action will open the lands to surface entry and nonmetalliferous 
mining, unless included in existing withdrawals or other segregations 
of record. All of the lands have been and will remain open to 
metalliferous mining and mineral leasing unless closed by existing 
withdrawals or other segregations of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6155.
    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. The Executive Order dated January 17, 1911, which established 
Reservoir Site Reserve No. 1, is hereby revoked in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Wenatchee National Forest

T. 27 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, that portion of the NW\1/4\ lying outside HES No. 48, 
and those portions of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\ lying 
outside HES Nos. 43 and 44;
    Sec. 13, lot 5 and Tract 37 (formerly lot 1);
    Sec. 14, lots 4, 6, and 7, and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 17,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;

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    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lot 3, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\.
T. 28 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and that portion 
of the E\1/2\ lying outside HES No. 163;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and that portion 
of the E\1/2\ lying outside HES No. 164;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and that portion of the W\1/2\SW\1/4\ 
lying outside HES No. 164;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that portion of the N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\ lying outside HES No. 164;
    Sec. 30, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\, and that portion of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ lying 
outside HES No. 164;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 26 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 3, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, and 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 27 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and 
W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lots 1, 2, and 3, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, lot 3, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, and lots 6 to 11, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1, 3, 4, and 5, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, lot 8;
    Sec. 30, lots 2, 6, and 7, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 12,438.86 acres in 
Chelan County.

    2. That portion of the NE\1/4\ of Sec. 18, T. 28 N., R. 16 E., 
lying within the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area withdrawal, remains 
closed to operation of the public land laws, including the mining and 
mineral leasing laws.
    3. The following described lands are included in Forest Service 
recreation and administrative area withdrawals and will remain closed 
to operation of the public land laws, including the mining laws:

T. 27 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 13, lot 5;
    Sec. 23, lots 2, 3, 4, and 5;
    Sec. 24, lots 2, 3, and 4, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    4. The following described lands are included in two Forest Service 
campground withdrawals, and will remain closed to location and entry 
under the United States mining laws:

T. 27 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 27, lots 4 and 5, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    5. At 8:30 a.m. on August 27, 1997, the lands described in 
paragraph 1, except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4, will be 
opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National 
Forest System lands, including location and entry under the United 
States mining laws for nonmetalliferous minerals, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of lands described in this order under the general mining 
laws for nonmetalliferous minerals prior to the date and time of 
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, 
including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall 
vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a 
location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State 
law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land 
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over 
possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determinations 
in local courts.

    Dated: July 16, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-19833 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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