[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8305]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-932-1410-ET; AA-6981]


Public Land Order No. 7560; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Haida 
Corporation; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 63.05 acres of public lands 
located within the Tongass National Forest from all forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining and 
mineral leasing laws, pursuant to section 10(a)(1) of the Haida Land 
Exchange Act of 1986, as amended. Any lands selected by the Haida 
Corporation shall remain withdrawn until they are conveyed. Any lands 
described herein that are not conveyed to the corporation will remain 
withdrawn as part of the Tongass National Forest, and will be subject 
to the terms and conditions of any other withdrawal or segregation of 
record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 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.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by section 10(a)(1) of the Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 
99-664, as amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and 
are hereby reserved for selection by the Haida Corporation:

Copper River Meridian

Tongass National Forest

(a) Siginaka Islands (unsurveyed)
    Twelve islands located within secs. 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 of T. 
54 S., R. 63 E.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 45.89 acres.

(b) Silver Point/Cobb Islands (unsurveyed).
    Three islands located within sec. 18 of T. 56 S., R. 64 E.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 17.16 acres.
    The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate approximately 
63.05 acres.
    2. Prior to conveyance of any lands withdrawn by this order, the 
lands shall be subject to administration by the Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, under applicable public land laws 
governing the use of National Forest System land. Any lands described 
in this order not conveyed to the corporation, shall remain withdrawn 
as part of the Tongass National Forest and will be subject to the terms 
and conditions of any withdrawal or segregation of record.

    Dated: March 11, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-8305 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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