[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50621-50622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25529]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1430-01; GP7-0282; OR-51831-WA]


Amendment of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public 
Meeting; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management has amended its application in 
part to withdraw certain lands in the San Juan Archipelago. This action 
will amend the legal description and acreage but will not change the 
effects or duration of segregation which temporarily closed the lands 
from surface entry and mining until June 4, 1998. The public lands have 
been and will remain open to mineral leasing. Upon acquisition, the 
non-Federal land will be opened to the mineral leasing laws.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meetings requests should be sent to the Oregon/
Washington State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-
2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-952-6155.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 28594, June 5, 1996, which 
segregated the lands from settlement, sale, or entry under the general 
land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. ch. 
2(1994)) but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject 
to valid existing rights. The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to 
protect the natural and recreational values on seven waterfront tracts, 
one inland tract, and two islands in the San Juan Archipelago. On 
August 22, 1997, an amendment was filed which added 36.26 acres of 
public lands to the proposed withdrawal and deleted 4.39 acres of non-
Federal land, and which affected Tracts H and K. The proposed 
withdrawal, is amended to read as follows:

Willamette Meridian

Public Lands

T. 34 N., R.1 W., (Tract H),
    Sec. 17, those portions of the south 530 (formerly 200) feet of 
the N\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ as more 
particularly identified and described in the official records of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and the 
Wenatchee Area Office, Wenatchee, Washington.
T. 34 N., R. 1 W., (Tract K),
    Sec. 21, that portion of lot 2 and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ as more 
particularly identified and described in the official records of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and the 
Wenatchee Area Office, Wenatchee, Washington.
T. 34 N., R. 1 W., (Tract J),
    Sec. 21, those portions of lot 2 and the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
TOGETHER with tidelands of the second class abutting thereon as more 
particularly identified and described in the official records of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and the 
Wenatchee Area Office, Wenatchee, Washington.
T. 34 N., R.1 W., (Cape St. Mary, Tract L)
Sec. 15, lot 1.
T. 35 N., R.1 W., (Lopez Pass, Tract M)
    Sec. 33, lot 1.
T. 36 N., R. 2 E., (Eliza Island, Tract N)
    Sec. 5, unsurveyed portion of Eliza Island.
T. 36 N., R. 2 E., (Carter Point, Tract O)
    Sec. 6, unsurveyed portion of Lummi Island.
T. 37 N., R. 1 E., (Lummi Rocks, Tract P)
    Sec. 27, unsurveyed Lummi Rocks in the NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\.
T. 37 N., R. 2 E., (Chuckanut Rock, Tract Q)
    Sec. 24, unsurveyed Chuckanut Rock.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 196.26 (formerly 
160) acres of public lands in San Juan and Whatcom Counties.

Non-Federal Land

T. 34 N., R. 1 W., (Tract I)
    Sec. 21, lot 1 and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 75.61 (formerly 80) acres of non-
Federal land in San Juan County.

    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the amended proposed withdrawal may 
present their views in writing to the State Director at the address 
indicated above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the amended proposed withdrawal. All 
interested parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being 
heard on the amended proposed withdrawal must submit a written request 
to the State Director at the address indicated above within 90 days 
from the date of publication of this notice. Upon determination by the 
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the 
time and place will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    The lands will remain segregated as specified above until June 4, 
1998, unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary land uses which may be 
permitted during this segregative period include leases, licenses, 
permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of mineral or vegetative resources 
other than under the mining laws.


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    Dated: September 11, 1997.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 97-25529 Filed 9-25-97; 8:45 am]
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