[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45266-45267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-930-1430-01; CACA 7622 et al.]


Public Land Order No. 7278; Revocation of Secretarial Orders 
Dated June 6, 1922 and May 13, 1927, Executive Orders Dated August 11, 
1913 and July 24, 1917, and Public Land Order No. 3890; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes: (1) In its entirety, a Secretarial Order 
dated June 6, 1922, as it affects 36.51 acres of public lands withdrawn 
for Power Site Classification No. 42; (2) in its entirety, an Executive 
Order dated August 11, 1913, as it affects 155.09 acres of public lands 
withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 394; (3) in part, a Secretarial 
Order, dated May 13, 1927, insofar as it affects 40 acres of public 
lands withdrawn for Power Site Classification No. 179; (4) in its 
entirety, an Executive Order dated July 24, 1917, as it affects 20 
acres of public lands withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 577; and (5) 
in part, Public Land Order No. 3890, insofar as it affects 1,170.11 
acres of public lands withdrawn for Power Site Classification No. 446. 
The lands are no longer needed for these purposes, and the revocations 
are necessary to permit disposal of some of the lands through five 
pending land exchanges under Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976. Of the 1,424.71 acres being revoked, 446.71 
acres are temporarily closed to surface entry and mining by the pending 
land exchanges. This order will open 326 acres to the operation of the 
public land laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law. The remaining 649 acres have been 
conveyed out of Federal ownership. The Federal lands have been and will 
remain open to mining and mineral leasing, unless closed by existing 
withdrawals or other segregations of record. The Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission has concurred with these revocations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825; 
916-978-4675.
    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 June 6, 1922, which established 
Power Site Classification No. 42 (CACA 7622), is hereby revoked in its 
entirety:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 48 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 18, lot 2.

    The area described contains 36.51 acres in Siskiyou County.

    (b). The Executive Order dated August 11, 1913, which established 
Power Site Reserve No. 394 (CACA 7937), is hereby revoked in its 
entirety:

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Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 48 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4.
T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 155.09 acres in Siskiyou County.

    (c). The Secretarial Order dated May 13, 1927, which established 
Power Site Classification No. 179 (CACA 8003), is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Butte County.

    (d). The Executive Order dated July 24, 1917, which established 
Power Site Reserve No. 577 (CACA 37280), is hereby revoked insofar as 
it affects the following described lands:
    All portions of the following described lands lying within 50 feet 
of the center line of the transmission line of the California-Oregon 
Power Company:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 48 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 30, lot 4.
T. 48 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 46 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 6, W\1/2\ of lot 1 in NW\1/4\, and lot 2 in NW\1/4\.
T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 46 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 11 acres in Siskiyou County.

    (e). Public Land Order No. 3890, which established Power Site 
Classification No. 446 (CAS 075739), is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 19 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 5, lot 3, lot 11 (originally described as SE\1/4\NW\1/4\), 
and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2.
T. 20 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 21 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 7, lot 16;
    Sec. 18, lots 5, 6, 15, and 16;
    Sec. 31, lot 13.
T. 23 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 2, W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 530.11 acres in Glenn and Tehama 
Counties.

    2 (a). The Executive Order dated July 24, 1917, which established 
Power Site Reserve No. 577 (CACA 37280), is hereby revoked insofar as 
it affects the following described lands:
    All portions of the following described lands lying within 50 feet 
of the center line of the transmission line of the California-Oregon 
Power Company:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 47 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 47 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate nine acres in Siskiyou County.

    (b). Public Land Order No. 3890, which established Power Site 
Classification No. 446 (CAS 075739), is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 36.

    The area described contains 640 acres in Tehama County.

    3. At 10 a.m. on September 4, 1997, the lands described in 
paragraph 1 (a)-(e) will be opened to the operation of the public land 
laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at or 
prior to 10 a.m. on September 4, 1997, shall be considered as 
simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be 
considered in the order of filing.
    4. The lands described in paragraph 1 (a)-(e) 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.
    5. The lands described above, in paragraph 2 (a) and (b), have been 
conveyed out of Federal ownership. Therefore, this order is a record 
clearing action only for those lands.
    6. The State of California, with respect to the lands described in 
paragraph 1 (a)-(e), has a preference right for public highway rights-
of-way or material sites until September 4, 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: August 12, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-22586 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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