[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32800]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MTM 90527/IDI 33690]


Public Land Order No. 7549; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land to Preserve Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark; Montana and 
Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,328.84 acres of National Forest System 
land from mining for a period of 20 years to preserve the unique 
resources of Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark. The land has been 
and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made 
of National Forest System land and to mineral leasing. An additional 
176.45 acres would become subject to the terms and conditions of this 
withdrawal upon acquisition of the mineral estate by the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Bump, Project Coordinator, 
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 420 Barrett Street, Dillon, 
Montana 59725-3572, 406-683-3955.

Order

    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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location or entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), to 
preserve the unique resources of Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark:

(a) Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

Principal Meridian, Montana,

T. 10 S., R. 15 W.,
Sec. 9, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and E\1/2\E\1/2\;

    The area described contains 285.71 acres in Beaverhead County.

(b) Salmon-Challis National Forest

Boise Meridian, Idaho,

T. 19 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, lots 7 and 8, NW\1/4\, and W\1/
2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 1,043.13 acres in Lemhi County.
    The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate 1,328.84 
acres.

    2. The following described land, which is located within the 
boundary of the Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark, would become 
subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal upon acquisition 
of the mineral estate by the United States:

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

Principal Meridian, Montana,

T. 10 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 16, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 176.45 acres in Beaverhead County.

    3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the 
disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under the 
mining laws.
    4. 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: December 10, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 02-32800 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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