[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35829-35830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12675]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-1430-ET; GPO-02-0040; 
OR-56288]


Partial Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management has partially cancelled 118,000 
acres of an application to withdraw approximately 151,970 acres of 
Federal lands to protect the nationally significant ecological and 
biological values of the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area. This Notice 
terminates the temporary segregation of the Federal lands described 
below from location and entry under the mining laws. All of the lands 
have been and will remain open to the public land and mineral leasing 
laws unless closed by other segregations of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Craddock, Bureau of Land 
Management, Medford District Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 
97504, 541-618-2272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2001, 66 FR 
6663-6664, segregating approximately 151,970 acres of Federal 
lands from location and entry under the mining laws. Based on a review 
of the lands proposed for withdrawal and a review of the Medford 
Resource Management Planning objectives outlined in its Record of 
Decision dated June 1995, the Bureau of Land Management hereby cancels 
from the withdrawal application the following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

T. 37 S., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 31, W\1/2\.

T. 39 S., R. 6 W.,

    Sec. 5, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 8.
T. 33 S., R. 7 W.,
    Secs. 18, 19, 30, and 31.
T. 34 S., R. 7 W.,
    Secs. 7, 19, 30, and 31.
T. 35 S., R. 7 W.,
    Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, and
    Secs. 15, 17, 18, and 19;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\.
T. 39 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 2.
T. 32 S., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 31.
T. 33 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 5 to 36, inclusive.
T. 34 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 2 to 5, inclusive, secs. 8 to 10, inclusive, secs. 15 to 
17, inclusive;
    Secs. 20 to 29, inclusive, and secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 35 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and secs. 6 to 36, inclusive.
T. 38 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 9, 15, 21, and 28.
    T. 40 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 7, 10, 15, and secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\; sec. 34.
    T. 32 S., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 3 to 9, inclusive, secs. 17 to 22, inclusive, and secs. 24 
to 35, inclusive.
    T. 33 S., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 20, inclusive, secs. 23 to 27, inclusive, and secs. 
29 to 34, inclusive.
    T. 34 S., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 4 to 7, inclusive, secs. 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 27 
to 36, inclusive.
    T. 35 S., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 14, inclusive, secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and secs. 
23 to 36, inclusive.
T. 41 S., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 9.
Tps. 32, 33, and 34 S., R. 10 W.
T. 32 S., R.11 W.

The areas described aggregate approximately 118,000 acres, more or 
less, in Curry, Coos, Josephine, and Douglas Counties.

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    2. At 8:30 a.m., on May 21, 2002, the lands described above will be 
opened to location and entry under the United States mining laws 
subject to valid and existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. Appropriation of any of the land described in this 
Notice under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of 
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, 
including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall 
vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a 
location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State 
law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land 
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over 
possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determinations 
in local courts.
    3. The Bureau of Land Management will continue to evaluate the 
remaining lands to consider whether or not to recommend a formal 
withdrawal to the Secretary of Interior.

    Dated: February 4, 2002.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 02-12675 Filed 5-20-02; 8:45 am]
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