[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19132]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-936-1430-ET; HAG-05-0143; OR-59658]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw on behalf 
of the Bureau of Land Management, approximately 501.80 acres of public 
lands, for a period of 20 years, to protect the unique natural, scenic, 
and recreation values, along the Quartzville Creek Wild and Scenic 
River corridor in eastern Linn County, Oregon. This notice segregates 
the lands for up to 2 years from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws. The lands will remain open to the public land and 
mineral leasing laws.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Oregon/
Washington State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-
2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart Hirsh, BLM Salem District 
Office, (503) 375-5623, or Lakisha Sloan, BLM Oregon/Washington State 
Office, (503) 808-6595.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the Bureau of Land 
Management at the address stated above. The petition/application 
requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw, for 20 years, the 
following described public lands from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Willamette Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\ lot 3, portion of W\1/2\E\1/2\ lot 3, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 2, portion of W\1/2\ lot 3, portion of lot 4, W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\ lot 1, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,E\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 501.80 acres in Linn County.

    The BLM petition/application has been approved by the Assistant 
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management. Therefore, it constitutes a 
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-
3(e)).
    The use of right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative 
agreement would not adequately constrain nondiscretionary uses which 
could irrevocably damage the area, threaten public health and safety, 
and eliminate the access of the public to mine recreationally.
    There are not suitable alternative sites that can be considered 
because the lands described are entirely within the Quartzville Creek.
    No water rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of this 
withdrawal.
    A preliminary mineral potential evaluation found the above 
described lands to have high potential for locatable placer gold 
deposits that would be uneconomical to develop. The management of the 
river corridor would allow for recreational mining.
    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal would be to protect the 
unique natural, scenic, and recreational values along the Quartzville 
Creek Wild and Scenic River Corridor.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing, by the date specified above, to the BLM Oregon/
Washington State Director at the address indicated above.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public view at the BLM Public Room Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 333 SW. 1st Ave, Portland, Oregon during regular business 
hours 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure 
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the 
extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM 
Oregon/Washington State Director at the address indicated above within 
90 days from the publication of this notice. Upon determination by the 
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the 
time and place will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The withdrawal proposal will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary land uses which may be 
permitted during this segregative period include licenses, permits, 
rights-of-way, and disposal of vegetative resources other than under 
the mining laws.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(a))

    Dated: September 19, 2005.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Land and Mineral Resources.
[FR Doc. 05-19132 Filed 9-23-05; 8:45 am]
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