[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7504-7505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1997]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(CA-360-1430-ET; CACA 41014)


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 4,362.88 
acres of public lands in Siskiyou County to assure long term protection 
and preservation of ecological, historical, and biological resource 
values. The public lands are located in the Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife 
Area (containing 3,842.88 acres) and Jenny Creek Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern (containing 520 acres). This notice closes the 
lands for up to 2 years from mining. The lands located at the Horseshoe 
Ranch Wildlife Area are withdrawn from mineral leasing by the Record of 
Decision, Resources Management Plan for Redding Resource Area, which 
approved by the California State Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
on July 27,1993. The lands located at Jenny Creek Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern will remain open to mineral leasing. All of the 
lands proposed for withdrawal will remain open to the Materials Act of 
1947.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
April 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Field 
Manager, BLM Redding Field Office (CA-360), 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, 
California 96002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office, 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to 
assure long term protection and preservation of ecological, historical, 
and biological resource values. Currently, the Bureau of Land 
Management is studying a proposal to amend the existing boundary of the 
Horseshoe Ranch WA. This proposed action will be processed in 
conjunction with that study. A petition was approved allowing the 
Bureau of Land Management to file an application to withdraw the 
following described public lands from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Mount Diablo Meridian, California

T. 48 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 48 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, all;
    Sec. 24, all;
    Sec. 26, all;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\.

    The areas described aggregate 4,362.88 acres, more or less, in 
Siskiyou County.
    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to assure long term 
protection and preservation of ecological, historical, and biological 
resource values.
    Until April 23, 2001, all persons who wish to submit comments, 
suggestions, or objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal 
may present their views in writing to the Field Manager, Redding Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the

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proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the Field Manager, 
Redding Field Office by April 23, 2001. Upon determination by the 
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the 
time and place will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary uses which may be permitted 
during this segregative period are those which are compatible with the 
use of the lands, as determined by BLM.

    Dated: January 17, 2001.
Duane Marti,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands.
[FR Doc. 01-1997 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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