[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70277-70278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32656]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180-1430-ET; CACA 38618]


Public Land Order No. 7423; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
South Fork of the American River; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,533 acres of public lands from mining, 
for a period of 50 years, for the Bureau of Land Management to protect 
the riparian areas, wildlife habitat, scenic quality, public access, 
and high value recreational resources of the South Fork of the American 
River. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing and 
the Materials Act of 1947. The withdrawal from the mining laws would be 
subject to valid existing rights. An additional 120 acres of non-
Federal lands would become subject to the withdrawal if acquired.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, BLM Folsom Field Office, 63 
Natoma Street, Folsom, California 95630, 916-985-4474.
    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lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 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, for the Bureau 
of Land Management to protect the riparian areas, wildlife habitat, 
scenic quality, public access, and high value recreational resources of 
the South Fork of the American River:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 11 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 3, that portion of the SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and the SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\ lying Southerly of the South Boundary of State Highway 49;
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and that portion of the 
NE\1/4\ lying southerly of the south boundary of California State 
Highway 49;
    Sec. 11, the W\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying Southerly 
of the South boundary of California State Highway 49 as conveyed to 
the State of California by deed recorded January 8, 1962 in Book 577 
of Official Records, page 89, and Westerly and Northerly of the 
centerline of the South Fork of the American River; the E\1/2\NW\1/
4\ lying Westerly and Northerly

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of the centerline of the South Fork of the American River, lying 
Southerly of the South boundary of California State Highway 49 as 
conveyed to the State of California by Deed recorded January 8,1962 
in Book 577 of Official Records, page 89, also lying Westerly of the 
following described line: Beginning at the Northwest corner of 
Parcel 1 as shown on that certain Parcel map filed in Book 45 of 
Parcel Maps at Page 34 being located on the said South boundary of 
State Highway 49; thence along the West boundary of said Parcel 1 
South, 550.09 feet to a 1\1/4\'' capped iron pipe stamped L.S. 2403; 
thence leaving said West boundary along the East boundary of that 
certain Parcel of land encumbered by agreement to complete Boundary 
Line Adjustment and Easement Agreement recorded in Book 4380 of 
Official Records at page 59 South 12 deg. 54' 45'' East, 280.34 
feet; thence South 26 deg. 20' 07'' East, 187.26 feet to the said 
centerline of the South Fork of the American River and the terminus 
of said described line;
    Sec. 21, that portion of the W\1/2\ lying Westerly of the 
centerline of the South Fork or the American River;
    Sec. 28, that portion of the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying Westerly and 
Northerly of the centerline of the South Fork of the American River;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and portions of the E\1/2\ 
more particularly described as follows: Parcels 2, 3, and 4, as 
shown on the Parcel Map, filed August 17, 1979 in Book 24 of PARCEL 
MAPS at page 15, El Dorado County Records, California, and as 
amended by Certificate of Correction recorded August 31, 1989 in 
Book 3196 of Official Records, page 76; that portion of the S\1/
2\SW\1/4\ lying Westerly and Northerly of the centerline of the 
South Fork of the American River.
T. 11 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 27, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,533 acres in El 
Dorado County.

    2. The following non-Federal lands are located within the corridor 
of the South Fork of the American River. In the event, these lands 
return to Federal ownership, they would be subject to the terms and 
conditions of this withdrawal as described in Paragraph 1:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 11 N., R. 9 E.
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and tract 3 as shown on the map, filed 
October 2, 1991 in book 18 of survey maps at page 129, El Dorado 
County Records, California;
    Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately120 acres in El 
Dorado County.

    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 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 8, 1999.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-32656 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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