[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23476]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000-L14300000-ET0000; HAG-12-0184; OROR-47267]


Public Land Order No. 7800; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6947; Oregon

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. 6947 for an additional 20-year period. The 
extension is necessary to continue protection of the recreational 
rockhounding area of the Thunder Egg Lake Agate Beds located in the 
Fremont National Forest in Oregon, which would otherwise expire on 
September 21, 2012.

DATES: Effective Date: September 22, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, Bureau of Land 
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 333 SW 1st Ave., Portland, 
Oregon 97204, 503-808-6155, or Dianne Torpin, United States Forest 
Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 333 SW 1st Ave., Portland, Oregon 
97204, 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 contact either of the above individuals. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to leave a message or question 
with either of the above individuals. 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 
Thunder Egg Lake Agate Beds in the Freemont National Forest. The 
withdrawal extended by this order will expire on September 21, 2032, 
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. 6947 (57 FR 43618 (1992)), which withdrew 150 
acres of National Forest System land from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. chapter 2), but not from leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Thunder Egg Lake Agate 
Beds, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period until 
September 21, 2032.

    Dated: September 7, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2012-23476 Filed 9-21-12; 8:45 am]
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