[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 205-206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25455]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-936-1430-ET; HAG-07-0153; OR-59658]


Public Land Order No. 7685; Withdrawal of Public Land, 
Quartzville Creek; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 501.80 acres of public lands from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws for a period of 
20 years for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to protect the 
Quartzville Creek within a Wild and Scenic River Corridor in Linn 
County, Oregon.

DATES: Effective Date: January 2, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-808-6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management will manage 
the lands to protect the unique natural, scenic and recreational values 
along the Quartzville Creek.

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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws including, but not limited to, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 
(2000), to protect the unique natural, scenic and recreational 
values of the Quartzville Creek within a Wild and Scenic River 
Corridor:

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\NW8\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\ of lot 3, portion of W1/2E\1/2\ of 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\, W1/
2NE\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\,

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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\ of 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.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 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) (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: December 10, 2007.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E7-25455 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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