[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34205]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-32319]


Public Land Order No. 7306; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for Howell Canyon Recreation Complex; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 3,805.87 acres of National Forest System 
lands from mining for a period of 20 years for the Forest Service to 
protect the Howell Canyon Recreation Complex. The lands have been and 
will remain open to surface entry and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State 
Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3864.
    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 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from the general 
land laws or mineral leasing laws, to protect the Howell Canyon 
Recreation Complex:

Boise Meridian

T. 12 S., R. 24 E.,
    sec. 36, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 25 E.,
    sec. 31, lot 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 32, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SW\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R. 24 E.,
    sec. 1, N\1/2\ lot 1, lots 2 to 4 inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and 
SW\1/4\;
    sec. 2;
    sec. 3, lots 1 to 4 inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    sec. 5, SE\1/4\;
    sec. 9, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 10, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 11, NE\1/4\;
    sec. 12, NW\1/4\.
    The areas aggregate 3,805.87 acres in Cassia County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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: December 17, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-34205 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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