[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13343-13344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5232]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-6320-ET; HAG-01-0080; OR-10676, et al]


Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawals, and Expiration of Public 
Land Order; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 30, 2000, Public Law (PL) 106-399, the Steens 
Mountain Cooperative Management and Protective Act of 2000 was enacted 
into law. As a result of the law, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
has canceled two withdrawal applications and allowed Public Land Order 
(PLO) No. 5822 to expire, in Harney County, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-952-6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 30, 2000, the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protective Act of 2000 (PL 106-399) was 
enacted into law, superseding two proposed withdrawals and PLO No. 
5822.
    A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was published in the Federal 
Register, (64FR50531, September 17, 1999) as FR Doc. 99-23812, for the 
BLM to withdraw 619,000 acres of Federal lands, 73,900 acres of Federal 
minerals, and 37,400 acres of Federal Surface lands from the non-
discretionary public land and mining laws, for the Steens Mountain 
Area. Another Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was published in the 
Federal Register, (65FR38849, June 22, 2000) as FR Doc. 00-15781, for 
the BLM to withdraw 17,056.18 acres of public lands, and 680 acres of 
non-federal lands, from surface entry and mining, but not the mineral 
leasing, for the Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural Area/Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern. In addition, Public Land Order No. 
5822, published in the Federal Register, (46FR6947, January 22, 1981) 
as FR Doc. 81-2310, for the BLM withdrew 16,656.18 acres of Federal 
lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land 
laws, including the mining laws, but not

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from mineral leasing, for the Diamond Craters Geologic Area has also 
been superseded by PL 106-399, and allowed to expire.
    The segregative effect for the Federal interests in the above 
mentioned proposed withdrawals, and the PLO, are lifted, subject to PL 
106-399, valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, 
other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law.

    Dated: February 26, 2001.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 01-5232 Filed 3-2-01; 8:45 am]
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