[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 76 (Friday, April 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21151-21152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8410]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[SDM 94312]


Public Land Order No. 7705; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land To Preserve Cave Resources Adjacent to Jewel Cave National 
Monument; South Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,595.78 acres of National Forest System

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land from mining for a period of 20 years to preserve unique cave 
resources adjacent to Jewel Cave National Monument. The land has been 
and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made 
of National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Hunt, U.S. Forest Service, 
Rocky Mountain Region, 303-275-5122 or Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, 406-896-
5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Geological formations nearby indicate that 
continued exploration may result in discovery of additional passageways 
and caverns beyond the known extent of Jewel Cave. This order protects 
the passageway and caverns extending beyond the exterior boundaries of 
the Jewel Cave National Monument.

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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, 
location or entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 
(2000)), to preserve unique cave resources adjacent to the Jewel Cave 
National Monument:

Black Hills National Forest

Black Hills Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 6 and lots 10 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 9, lots 4 to 8, inclusive, and lots 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 16, lots 4, 5, 8, and 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 to 9 inclusive, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 4,595.78 acres in Custer County.

    3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National 
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the 
disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under the 
mining laws.
    4. 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.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-3.

    Dated: April 7, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-8410 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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