[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 12084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03989]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAK963000-L14300000-ET0000; AA-12484]


Public Land Order No. 7808; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6965; AK

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the withdrawal created by Public Land Order 
(PLO) No. 6965 for an additional 20-year period. This extension is 
necessary to allow the continued protection of the U.S. Forest Service 
research natural area within the Tongass National Forest, which would 
otherwise expire on April 14, 2013. The land has been and will remain 
open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Lloyd, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504. 
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 the above individual. 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 this withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension to continue the protection of the 
Dog Island Research Natural Area within the Tongass National Forest, to 
maintain a natural ecological complex containing Pacific yew, and to 
preserve the land for research, science, and educational purposes. The 
withdrawal extended by this order will expire on April 14, 2033, 
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. 6965 (58 FR 19612 (1993)) which withdrew 
approximately 685 acres of public land from settlement, sale, location, 
or entry under the public land laws, including the United States mining 
laws but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect 
the Dog Island Research Natural Area, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period until April 14, 2033.

    Dated: February 13, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-03989 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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