[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 3099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1071]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-963-1430-ET; F-14988]


Public Land Order No. 7727; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6706, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends a withdrawal created by Public Land Order 
No. 6706 for an additional 20-year period. This extension is necessary 
to continue protection of the United States Air Force Indian Mountain 
Research Site in Alaska.

DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrie D. Evarts, Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504; or 907-271-5630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The withdrawal extended by this order will 
expire on January 10, 2029, unless, as a result of a review conducted 
prior to the expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be further extended.

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:
    Public Land Order No. 6706 (54 FR 979 (1989)), which withdrew 
4,606.70 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location and 
entry under the general land laws, including the mining and mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the integrity of the information being 
monitored by seismic equipment at the United States Air Force Indian 
Mountain Research Site, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year 
period until January 10, 2029.

    Dated: January 7, 2009.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E9-1071 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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