[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69079-69080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33165]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1430-01; F-92193]


Public Land Order No. 7372; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Lake Todatonten Special Management Area; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 37,579 acres of public land 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, in order to 
create the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the protection 
of fish, wildlife, and habitat. The land is adjacent to the west 
boundary of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, and is to be managed 
by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The land 
will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of existing 
withdrawals or segregations of record. Once established, this 
withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-
271-5049, or Paul J. Salvatore, BLM Northern District Office, 1150 
University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, 907-474-2200.
    By virtue of the direction and authority vested in the Secretary of 
the Interior by Section 311 of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus Parks 
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (also cited as the Kenai 
Natives Association Equity Act Amendments of 1996), 110 Stat. 4139-
4145, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, as well as the subsistence 
preferences provided under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act of 1980, 16 U.S.C. 3120 (1994), the following 
described public land is hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and 
patent under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), in 
order to create a special management

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unit known as the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the 
protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat:

Fairbanks Meridian

T. 15 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
    Sec. 19, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Sec. 3, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
    Sec. 19, excluding U.S. Survey No. 6234;
    Secs. 20, 21, and 22;
    Secs. 27 to 33, inclusive;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\.
T. 17 N., R. 25 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive;
    Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\.
T 15 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\.
T. 16 N., R. 26 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36.

Kateel River Meridian

T. 9 N., R. 27 E., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36.

The area described contains approximately 37,579 acres.

    2. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(2)(A) of Public Law 104-333, the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4144, 
any land affected by this order that is conveyed to the State of Alaska 
shall be removed from the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area.
    3. In accordance with Section 311(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 104-333, 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 
4144, additional uses of the area, or grant easements, may be permitted 
only to the extent that such use, including leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, is determined to not detract from nor materially 
interfere with the purposes for which the Lake Todatonten Special 
Management Area has been established.
    4. Pursuant to Section 311(f)(4) of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 4145, this 
withdrawal order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.

    Dated: November 30, 1998.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-33165 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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