[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48252-48253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18136]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-1430-ET; HAG-04-0047; WAOR-56583]


Public Land Order No. 7608; Transfer of Jurisdiction, Chief 
Joseph Dam Additional Units Project; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order transfers jurisdiction over 400.27 acres of land to 
the United States Department of Army, Corp of Engineers, and withdraws 
the

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lands from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the 
Chief Joseph Dam Additional Units Project.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire K. Wilson, Seattle District, 
COE, 206-764-6088, or Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington State 
Office, 503-808-6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Management of grazing, wildlife habitat and 
mitigation areas, recreation, fire protection, public access, cultural 
resources, and realty actions on the withdrawn lands will be under 
terms and conditions that have been agreed upon between the Corps of 
Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management and which may be revised by 
consent of both parties.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), and jurisdiction is transferred to the United 
States Department of Army, Corps of Engineers, and reserved for uses in 
support of the Chief Joseph Dam Additional Units Project:

Willamette Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 2.
T. 30 N., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 25, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 400.27 acres in Douglas County.
    2. 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) (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: July 7, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-18136 Filed 8-6-04; 8:45 am]
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