[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22241]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-1430-ET, CACA 46634]


Public Land Order No. 7716; Withdrawal of Federal Lands and 
Transfer of Jurisdiction; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 472 acres of lands from 
surface entry and mining, and transfers jurisdiction of the lands to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be managed as part of the 
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. The lands will remain open 
to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral material sales.

DATES: September 23, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1834, Sacramento, California 95825-
1886; 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands, comprising Todd and Foster 
Islands, protect riparian habitat along the Sacramento River which is 
critically important in the protection of fish, migratory birds, 
plants, and river system health. This order transfers administrative 
jurisdiction to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be managed 
pursuant to the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, 16 
U.S.C. 742aa-742j-2 (2000), as amended, and the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543 (2000), as amended.

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are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under 
the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, 30 
U.S.C., Ch. 2 (2000):

Mount Diablo Meridian

Foster Island

T. 23 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 11, lots 4 and 5;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 5, inclusive.

    The area described contains 221.89 acres in Tehama County.

Todd Island

    A portion of Lot 40 of Rancho El Primer Canon or Rio de los 
Berrendos Land Grant, in Tehama County, California, and in T. 26 N., R. 
2 W., MDM, more particularly described as follows: Parcels one, two, 
three, and four, described by metes and bounds, in a Corporation Grant 
Deed recorded in Book 602 at Page 620 of the Official Records of Tehama 
County, California on September 11, 1972.
    The area described contains approximately 250 acres in Tehama 
County.
    The two islands aggregate approximately 472 acres in Tehama County.
    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the administrative 
jurisdiction of the lands described in Paragraph 1 and their related 
resource uses are hereby transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, to be managed as part of the Sacramento River National 
Wildlife Refuge and shall thereafter be subject to all laws and 
regulations applicable thereto.

    Dated: September 8, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-22241 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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