[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26827]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-921-1430-01; NEW 135267]


Public Land Order No. 7287; Withdrawal of Public Lands for 
Addition to the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge; Nebraska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 145.87 acres of public lands from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Fish and Wildlife 
Service as an addition to the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge. 
The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6124.
    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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 
for the Fish and Wildlife Service to preserve the integrity of the 
wetlands and surrounding uplands and offer a sanctuary to wildlife at 
the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska

T. 22 N., R. 47 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 10 to 13, inclusive, and lot 16;
    Sec. 12, lot 1.

    The areas described aggregate 145.87 acres in Morrill County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-26827 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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