[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46466-46467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23405]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA 941-5700-00; CALA 165220 and CAS 052439]


Public Land Order No. 7361; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 3338 and Public Land Order No. 1817; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes two public land orders insofar as 
they affect 903.27 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn for 
the Forest Service's Cozy Del Administrative Site, and the Squaw Valley 
Olympic Site and Recreation Area. The lands are no longer needed for 
the purposes for which they were withdrawn, and the revocations are 
necessary to facilitate consummation of pending land tenure adjustment 
actions by the Forest Service. This order will open the lands to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
lands and/or mining, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions 
of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. The lands have been and will remain 
open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 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. Public Land Order No. 3338 (CALA 165220), which withdrew 
National Forest System land for the Forest Service's Cozy Del 
Administrative Site, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described land:

San Bernardino Meridian

Los Padres National Forest

T. 5 N., R. 23 W.,
    Sec. 35, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Ventura County.

    2. Public Land Order No. 1817 (CAS 052439), which withdrew National 
Forest System lands for the Forest Service's Squaw Valley Olympic Site 
and Recreation Area, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian

Tahoe National Forest

T. 15 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 7 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 16 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 28, unpatented fractional portion of SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 3 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\,
    Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
unpatented portions of E\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 863.27 acres in Placer County.

    3. At 10 a.m. on September 16, 1998, the land described in 
paragraph 1 will be opened to location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any of the land 
described in this order under the general mining laws prior to the date 
and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted 
appropriation, including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 
38 (1994), shall vest no rights against the United States. Acts 
required to establish a location and to initiate a right of possession 
are governed by State law where not in conflict with Federal law. The 
Bureau of Land Management will not intervene in disputes between rival 
locators over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such 
determinations in local courts.
    4. At 10 a.m. on September 16, 1998, the lands described in 
paragraph 2 shall be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law 
be made of National Forest System lands, including location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, 
the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, 
and the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of lands

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described in this order under the general mining laws prior to the date 
and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted 
appropriation, including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 
38 (1994), shall vest no rights against the United States. Acts 
required to establish a location and to initiate a right of possession 
are governed by State law where not in conflict with Federal law. The 
Bureau of Land Management will not intervene in disputes between rival 
locators over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such 
determinations in local courts.

    Dated: August 26, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-23405 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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