[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52346-52347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21300]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000-L14300000-ET0000; HAG-11-0194; WAOR-16905]


Public Land Order No. 7775; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6870; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by 
Public Land Order No. 6870 for an additional 20-year period. The 
extension is necessary to continue protection of the scientific and 
ecological research values at the Steamboat Mountain Research Natural 
Area, which would otherwise expire on August 27, 2011.

DATES: Effective Date: August 28, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Roy, Bureau of Land 
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6189, or Dianne 
Torpin, United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 503-
808-2422. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to reach the BLM contact during normal business hours. The 
FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or 
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for which the withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension to continue protection of the 
scientific and ecological research values at the Steamboat Mountain 
Research Natural Area. The withdrawal extended by this order will 
expire on August 27, 2031, 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. 1714(f), 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, it is ordered as follows:
    Public Land Order No. 6870 (56 FR 42541 (1991)), which withdrew 
approximately 1,400 acres of National Forest System land from location 
and entry under the United States mining

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laws (30 U.S.C. chapter 2), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the Steamboat Mountain Research Natural Area, 
is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period until August 27, 
2031.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2310.4.

    Dated: August 11, 2011.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2011-21300 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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