[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27625]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-067-1050-ET, CACA 39853]


Public Land Order No. 7469; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Indian Pass Area; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 9,360.74 acres of public land from 
surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of 
Land Management to protect the Native American values, cultural 
resources, and visual quality of the Indian Pass area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM, California State 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825-1887, 916-978-
4675.
    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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), for the Bureau of Land Management to protect 
the Native American values, cultural resources, and visual quality of 
the Indian Pass area:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 13 S., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\.
T. 13 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 29 to 33, inclusive.
T. 14 S., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 1, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 12 to 14, inclusive.
T. 14 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2 of NE\1/4\, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2 of NE\1/4\, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\, lots 1 
and 2 of SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\, lots 1 and 2 of SW\1/4\, and 
E\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2 of NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 9,360.74 acres in Imperial County.

    2. 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: October 20, 2000.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-27625 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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