[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54637-54638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1430-01; GP9-0216; OR-53486]


Public Land Order No. 7413; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Protection of Four Recreation Sites; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 143.32 acres of public lands from surface 
entry and mining for 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to 
protect four recreation sites with developed

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facilities. An additional 63.90 acres of non-Federal lands, if acquired 
by the United States, would also be withdrawn by this order. The lands 
have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6189.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994), but not from the mineral leasing laws, to 
protect four Bureau of Land Management recreation sites with developed 
facilities:

Willamette Meridian

Iron Mountain Gold Panning Area

T. 31 N., R.7 W.,
    Sec. 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, excluding that portion granted to the 
railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).

Revested Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands Island Creek 
Recreation Site

T. 31 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5, excluding that portion granted to the railroad 
under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).

Pickett Bridge Recreation Site

T. 32 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

Olalla-Thompson Creek Day Use Area

T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 143.32 acres in Douglas County.

    2. The following described non-Federal lands, if acquired by the 
United States, will be subject to the terms and conditions of this 
withdrawal as described in paragraph 1:

Willamette Meridian

Island Creek Recreation Site

T. 30 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\S\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of lot 5 granted to the railroad under the 
Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 4, that portion of the NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ granted as a right-
of-way to the railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 
239).

    The areas described aggregate 63.90 acres in Douglas County.
    3. 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.
    4. 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: September 21, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-26186 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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