[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 57484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25066]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-1430-ET, CACA 7767 and CACA 44322]


Public Land Order No. 7585; Partial Revocation of Executive Order 
dated February 26, 1852; Withdrawal of Public Lands and Transfer of 
Jurisdiction; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes an Executive Order insofar as it 
affects 6.15 acres of public lands withdrawn for use by the Department 
of Navy for military purposes. This order also withdraws the same lands 
from surface entry and mining, and transfers the jurisdiction to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, for expansion and operation of the Fort 
Rosecrans National Cemetery.

DATES: October 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825-1886; (916) 978-
4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Navy no longer needs the 
lands for military purposes and concurs with the transfer of 
jurisdiction. A memorandum of agreement between the Department of Navy 
and the Department of Veteran Affairs contains provisions relative to 
future use of the lands by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Executive Order, dated February 26, 1852, which withdrew 
public lands for military purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it 
affects the following described lands:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 17 S., R. 4 W.,
    Parcels 2, 3, and 4.

    The areas described aggregate 6.15 acres in San Diego County.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the lands described in 
Paragraph 1, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or 
entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining 
laws, 30 U.S.C., Ch. 2 (2000), for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to expand the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
    3. Subject to valid existing rights, the jurisdiction of the lands 
described in Paragraph 1 and their related resource uses are hereby 
transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs, so that the lands 
can be managed as part of the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and 
shall thereafter be subject to all laws and regulations applicable 
thereto.

    Dated: September 12, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-25066 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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