[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14115]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[61510-8451-0000; MTM 80092]


Public Land Order No. 7815; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6997; Montana

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 
No. 6997, as corrected, for an additional 20-year period. The extension 
is necessary to continue the protection of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service's Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, which 
would otherwise expire on September 27, 2013.

DATES: As of September 28, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danielle Kepford, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 110, 406-538-8706, [email protected], or Debbie Sorg, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 
Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, 406-896-5045, 
[email protected]. 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 during normal 
business hours. 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 
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The withdrawal extended by 
this order will expire on September 27, 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 of the Interior 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 and Policy Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 
1714, it is ordered as follows:
    Public Land Order No. 6997 (58 FR 50518-21 (1993)), as corrected 
(58 FR 58593 (1993)), which withdrew 891,422.36 acres of public mineral 
estate from location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 
U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to 
protect the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, is hereby 
extended for an additional 20-year period until September 27, 2033.

    Dated: June 4, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-14115 Filed 6-13-13; 8:45 am]
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