[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50894-50895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19786]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-1430-ET; GPO-02-0138; WAOR-55695]


Public Land Order No. 7533; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for the Holden Mine Reclamation Project; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,265 acres of National Forest System 
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 20 years to protect the Holden Mine Reclamation Project. The 
lands have been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as 
may by law be made of National Forest System lands and to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norman Day, Holden Mine Rehabilitation 
Project Manager, Wenatchee National Forest, 509-662-4304, or Charles R. 
Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-952-6189.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), to 
protect the Holden Mine Reclamation Project:

Willamette Meridian

T. 31 N., R. 16 E.,
    Protraction Block 37.
T. 31 N., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\ and S\1/2\N\1/2\; Protraction Block 37.
    The areas described aggregate 1,265 acres in Chelan County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. 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: July 18, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 02-19786 Filed 8-5-02; 8:45 am]
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