[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13682-13683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7268]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-340-1430-01; CACAAA 160265]


Opening Order; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice opens 4,607.87 acres of public lands to the 
operation of the public land laws, subject to valid existing rights, 
the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, 
and the requirements of applicable law. The lands were withdrawn by the 
Act of Congress of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1359) for the Bureau of Land 
Management's Cow Mountain Recreation Area. The Act also authorized the 
Secretary of the Interior to restore any of the lands, withdrawn by 
that Act, to the operation of the public land laws if he or she deemed 
that action to be in the public interest. The Act did not withdraw the 
lands from either the mining or the mineral leasing laws. This opening 
order is necessary to facilitate the completion of a pending land 
exchange and other pending conveyances. The withdrawal no longer serves 
a needed purpose as to the lands and it is in the public interest to 
complete the pending lands actions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825-
0451; telephone number 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act of Congress of March 3, 1927 (44 
Stat. 1359) withdrew the following public lands for the Bureau of Land 
Management's Cow Mountain Recreation Area. The lands are withdrawn from 
the operation of the public lands laws, but not the mining or mineral 
leasing laws. The lands are described as follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 16 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 7, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 3-6, inclusive, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 9, 11, 12, and 16;
    Sec. 31, lots 5, 10-16, inclusive.
T. 13 N., R. 11 W.,

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    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\.
T. 16 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\ SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, lots 5 and 6, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lots 5 and 6;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lot 1, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 4,607.87 acres in Lake and 
Mendocino Counties.

    The Act of Congress of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1359, 1361) 
authorized the Secretary of the Interior to restore any of the lands, 
withdrawn by that Act, to the operation of the public land laws if he 
or she deemed that action to be in the public interest. The regulations 
contained in 43 CFR 2091.5-6(b) authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to publish in the Federal Register an opening order specifying to what 
extent lands will be opened and when, if the withdrawing Act of 
Congress does not so specify.
    At 10 a.m. on April 20, 1998, the lands will be opened to the 
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provision of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirement of applicable law. All valid applications 
received at or prior to 10 a.m. on April 20, 1998 shall be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall 
be considered in the order of filing.

    Dated: March 13, 1998.
David McIlnay,
Chief, Branch of Lands.
[FR Doc. 98-7268 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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