[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7387-7388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3552]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-932-1430-ET; AA-82857]


Public Land Order No. 7555; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Russian River and Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor; 
Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 2,998 acres of National 
Forest System land from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws for a period of 20 years to protect the Russian River and 
Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor. The land will remain open such 
uses as may by law be made of National Forest System lands, and all 
public uses consistent with the recreational utilization and protection 
of the Russian River watershed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-5477.

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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National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch.2 (1994)) to protect 
the Russian River and Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor:

Seward Meridian

Chugach National Forest

T. 3 N., R. 4 W., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 4, N\1/2\ lying east of forest boundary, and SE\1/4\ lying 
east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\ lying east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\ lying north of forest boundary;
    Sec. 11, that portion lying north of forest boundary, excluding 
the N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\ lying northeast of the forest boundary;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\ lying north of the ordinary high water mark 
along the northeast shore of Upper Russian Lake.
    T. 4 N., R. 4 W., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\E\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying east of forest 
boundary, and SW\1/4\ lying east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 28, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\ lying east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\ lying east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\ lying east of forest boundary;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\ lying east of forest boundary.

    The area described contains approximately 2,998 acres.

    2. 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.
    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 the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-3552 Filed 2-12-03; 8:45 am]
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