[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2259-2260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-814]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-360-1430-01; CACA 34589 and CACA 36304]


Public Land Order No. 7308; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Trinity River and the Clear Creek Acquisition Areas; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 344 acres of public lands from mining for 
a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the 
Trinity River and Clear Creek Acquisition Areas. These lands have been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing and the Materials Act of 1947. 
An additional 7,646 acres of non-Federal lands, if acquired by the 
United States, would become subject to the withdrawal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 1998.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under 
the mineral leasing laws or the Materials Act of 1947, to protect the 
Bureau of Land Management's Trinity River Acquisition Area (CACA 
34589):

Mount Diablo Meridian

Parcel No. 1:

T. 33 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    Excepting therefrom all that portion thereof conveyed in the 
deed to Jerald Lee Schnor, recorded July 11, 1994 in Book 332 of 
Official Records at Page 960.
    Also excepting therefrom all that portion thereof conveyed in 
the deed to Harvey J. Watkins, et al, recorded July 11, 1994 in Book 
332 of Official Records at Page 962.

Parcel No. 2:

T. 33 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and fraction of NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\ described as follows:

    Commencing at the established quarter section corner between 
secs. 23 and 26, and running thence on section line variation 
18 deg. 27' East, West 5.30 chains to a point on the island in the 
Trinity River near the bridge; thence South 19 deg. East 16.29 
chains to the North-South centerline of sec. 26; thence North 15.40 
chains along the North-South centerline of sec. 26 to and closing on 
the starting corner.
    Excepting therefrom Parcel No. 2 above, any portions thereof 
described in the following deeds:
    (a) Quit Claim Deed to Owen E. Lowden, recorded December 1, 1876 
in Book 13 of Deeds at Page 457.
    (b) Deed to James Adrian, recorded April 15, 1922 in Book 43 of 
Deeds at Page 166.
    The areas described aggregate 194 acres in Trinity County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under 
the mineral leasing laws or the Materials Act of 1947, to protect the 
Bureau of Land Management's Clear Creek Acquisition Area (CACA 36304):

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 31 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 30, that portion of an unsurveyed island in the Sacramento 
River;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and that portion of an unsurveyed island 
in the Sacramento River;
    Sec. 32, lots 4 to 8, inclusive, and that portion of an 
unsurveyed island in the Sacramento River.
T. 31 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 15, lots 17 and 18;
    Sec. 36, lots 5, and 7 to 10, inclusive.

    The areas described aggregate 150 acres in Shasta County.

    3. The following non-Federal lands are located within the boundary 
of the Trinity River Acquisition Area. In the event these lands return 
to Federal ownership, they would be subject to the terms and conditions 
of this withdrawal.

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 32 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 4, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lot 3;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 32 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 3, and 4, and E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11 E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\.
    T. 33 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 7, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;

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    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/
2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
    T. 33 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 13, lot 1, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 10, 14, 16, and 17, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\;
    Sec. 31, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 33 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 7, portion of MS 178;
    Sec. 18, portion of MS 178, MS 1239, MS 1388, MS 2148, MS 3198, 
MS 3199, and MS 3251;
    Sec. 19, portion of MS 248, MS 1925, MS 2060, MS 2119, lots 9 
and 10, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lot 1 and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lot 12, portion of MS 913, MS 1164, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\.
T. 33 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5, SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1, 4, and 5, portion of MS 1400, MS 3250, MS 3251, 
MS 1374, MS 1387, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\.
T. 34 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 26, lot 3, and portion of MS 246;
    Sec. 27, portion of MS 245, MS 246, and lot 1;
    Sec. 28, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 6,514 acres Trinity County.

    4. The following non-Federal lands are located within the boundary 
of the Clear Creek Acquisition Area. In the event these lands return to 
Federal ownership, they would be subject to the terms and conditions of 
this withdrawal.

Mount Diablo Meridian

    (A). Surveyed lands previously conveyed out of Federal 
ownership.
T. 31 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 31 N., R 5 W.,
    Sec. 26, lots 3 and 4, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lot 1 and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 31 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 10, lots 10 and 15;
    Sec. 15, lots 6, 11, 14, and 22, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 22, and MS 424;
    Sec. 25, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 4 and 13, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 2, 15, and 16, and MS 4688;
    Sec. 36, lot 6, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, MS 307 and MS 
411.
    (B). Surveyed lands located in Buenaventura Grant 1.

    That area of land in the Buenaventura Grant 1, located in T. 31 N., 
R. 4 W., lot 38, and T. 31 N., R. 5 W., lot 37, more specifically shown 
on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Map 
for Clear Creek, on file in the office of the Bureau of Land 
Management's Redding Resource Area, Redding, California. The pertinent 
panels of that map and their dates of publication are, respectively: 
(a) 060358 0880 B, September 27, 1985; (b) 060358 0690 C, September 5, 
1990; and (c) 060360 0025 C, September 29, 1989.
    The areas described aggregate 1,132 acres in Shasta County.
    5. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    6. 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 24, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-814 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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