[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15917-15918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7320]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-933-1430-ET; IDI-15630 et al.]


Public Land Order No. 7437; Modification and Partial Revocation 
of Executive Orders; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order modifies 5 Executive orders to establish a 20-year 
term as to 8,040.07 acres of lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Land 
Management for use as Powersite Reserves. This order also partially 
revokes 3 of the Executive orders insofar as they affect 3,443 acres 
and opens 277.30 acres to surface entry. The remaining 3,165.70 acres 
have been conveyed out of Federal ownership. All of the lands in 
Federal ownership have been and will remain open to mining and mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Simmons, BLM Idaho State 
Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3867.
    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. The following Executive orders are hereby modified to 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 withdrawals shall be 
extended insofar as they affect the following described lands:

Boise Meridian

    Executive Order dated November 21, 1916, Powersite Reserve No. 
565 (IDI-15630)

T. 9 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 15, lot 8;
Sec. 16, lots 7 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 17, lots 11 to 14, inclusive;
Sec. 21, lot 3;
Sec. 22, lots 5 to 12, inclusive;
Sec. 23, lots 10 to 19, inclusive;
Sec. 24, lots 10 to 15, inclusive;
Sec. 25, lots 4, 5, and 6.
T. 9 S., R. 17 E.,
Sec. 19, lots 8 to 13, inclusive, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 20, lots 3 and 4;
Sec. 28, lots 7 to 12, inclusive;
Sec. 29, lots 8 to 12, inclusive;
Sec. 30, lots 8 to 13, inclusive;
Sec. 33, lots 6 and 7 and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, lot 11, and portions of lots 12 to 17, inclusive;
Sec. 35, portions of lots 10 to 13, inclusive, and portion of SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 36, lots 10, 11, 12, 14, and portion of lot 15.
T. 9 S., R. 18 E.,
Sec. 31, lots 4 and 5;
Sec. 32, lot 5 and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 33, lots 1 and 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 10 S., R. 18 E.,
Sec. 3, lot 9, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, and 4.
T. 10 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 29, lots 10, 11, and 12, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\.

    Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 120 
(IDI-15632) 
T. 8 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 4 to 7, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, lots 2 to 5, inclusive, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 5, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 2 and 3, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 5, 6, and 7, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lot 4 and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 91 
(IDI-15634) 

T. 45 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 11, 12, 14, and island adjacent thereto;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Sec. 11, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, lots 9, 11, 12, and 13, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;

    Sec. 14, lot 3 and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 45 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 11, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 14, lot 3;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 7 and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 21 
(IDI-15636) 

T. 7 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 10, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 11, lots 4 and 5;
    Sec. 14, lots 1, 2, 4, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;

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    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lot 10;
    Sec. 32, lots 3, 4, and 8, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 and 2.

    Executive Order dated December 19, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 
165 (IDI-15650) 

T. 2 S., R. 38 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 3, 4, and 5;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 17, lot 1;
    Sec. 29, lots 1, 2, and 3;
    Sec. 33, lots 4 and 5, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 38 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 8 to 11, inclusive;
    Sec. 9, lot 3;
    Sec. 10, lots 5 to 9, inclusive;
    Sec. 11, lots 3 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 13, lots 5 to 9, inclusive;
    Sec. 14, lot 3;
    Sec. 24, lots 6 and 7.
T. 3 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 2 and 3, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 8,040.07 acres in Jerome, Twin 
Falls, Power, Shoshone, Boise, and Bingham Counties.

    The lands described above continue to be withdrawn from surface 
entry, but not mining or mineral leasing, to protect the waterpower 
values.
    2. The Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, which established 
Powersite Reserve No. 21 (IDI-15636), is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described lands:

Boise Meridian

T. 8 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 7, 8, and 9;
    Sec. 8, lots 3, 4, 7, and 8;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 18, lots 5, 6, 7, and 11;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2.

    The areas described aggregate 277.30 acres in Boise County.

    3. The following Executive orders are hereby revoked insofar as 
they affect the following described lands:

Boise Meridian

    Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 91 
(IDI-15634) 
T. 45 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 10 and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lot 6;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 13, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, lot 10, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
    Executive Order dated July 2, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 21 
(IDI-15636) 
T. 7 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 30, lots 3, 4, and 5;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, and SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\.
T. 8 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 24, lots 1 to 7, inclusive;
    Sec. 25, lots 1, 2, and 3, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 to 5, inclusive.
T. 8 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 10;
    Sec. 8, lots 2, 5, and 6;
    Sec. 17, lots 3 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 18, lots 9 and 10;
    Sec. 19, lots 3, 5, 6, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
    Executive Order dated December 19, 1910, Powersite Reserve No. 
165 (IDI-15650) 
T. 2 S., R. 38 E.,
    Sec. 29, lot 4;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 and 3.
T. 4 S., R. 39 E.
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 3,165.70 acres in Shoshone, Boise 
and Bingham Counties.

    4. At 9 a.m. on April 24, 2000, the lands described in Paragraph 2, 
shall be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. 
on April 24, 2000, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that 
time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order of 
filing.
    5. The lands described in Paragragh 3 have been conveyed out of 
Federal ownership.

    Dated: March 10, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-7320 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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