[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7293]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-6333-ET; GP0-0087; OR-54142]


Public Land Order No. 7436; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Coos 
Bay North Spit Special Recreation Area and Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,712.74 acres of public lands from 
mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to 
protect the Coos Bay North Spit Special Recreation Management Area and 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern. An additional 150.93 acres of 
non-Federal lands, if acquired by the United States, would also be 
withdrawn by this order. The public lands have been and will remain 
open to surface entry and mineral leasing subject to other segregations 
of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Barnes, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6155.
    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 and other segregations of 
record, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from 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 surface entry under the general land laws or 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Coos Bay North 
Spit Special Recreation Area and Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern:

Willamette Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 13 W.,
    Sec. 4, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, fractional NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 3, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, and
    SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 6 and 8, and lots 10 to 19, inclusive;
    Sec. 8, lot 2;
    Sec. 18, lots 7 and 8, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, fractional W\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
and fractional NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 25 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 12, lot 1;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lot 1;
    Sec. 24, lots 6 to 13, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lot 3 and lot 1 including all of the tideland lying 
east of, fronting, and abutting upon;
    Sec. 26, lots 8 to 10, inclusive;

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,712.74 acres in 
Coos 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

T. 25 S., R. 13 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 4.
T. 25 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 24, lot 4.

    Along with any accretion to the above listed lands. The areas 
described aggregate approximately 150.93 acres in Coos 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 (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: March 10, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-7293 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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