[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12084-12085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03987]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[IDI 35965]


Public Land Order No. 7809; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Settler's Grove of Ancient Cedars Botanical and Recreation 
Area; ID

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 183.46 acres of National Forest System 
land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 20 years to protect one of the few remaining stands of old-
growth western red cedar trees in the Settler's Grove of Ancient Cedars 
Botanical and Recreation Area within the Idaho Panhandle National 
Forest.

DATES: Effective Date: February 13, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Bixler, U.S. Forest Service, 
Region 1, P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, Montana 59807 406-329-3655 or Laura 
Underhill, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, 1387 S. 
Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3866. 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: This order replaces Public Land Order 6658 
(52 FR 36577 (1987)) which expired on September 9, 2007 and withdrew 
the same land to the United States Forest Service for protection of the 
Settler's Grove of Ancient Cedars Botanical and Recreation Area.

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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:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws, for the protection of the Settler's Grove of 
Ancient Cedars Botanical and Recreation Area:

Idaho Panhandle National Forest

Boise Meridian

T. 50 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of lot 1, NW\1/4\ of lot 1, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\ of lot 1, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ of lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of lot 2, SE\1/
4\ of lot 2, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 51 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 183.46 acres in Shoshone County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of the general 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.
    3. 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) the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: February 13, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-03987 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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