[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40498-40499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16214]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000.L14300000.ET0000 FUND: 13XL1109AF; HAG-13-0143; OR-47417]


Public Land Order No. 7817; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6986; 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. 6986, which was issued effective July 1, 1993, 
for an

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additional 20-year period. The extension is necessary to continue 
protection of the scenic, recreational, and fish and wildlife habitat 
values in the scenic section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River 
located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest between the mouth 
of Deer Creek and the mouth of Briggs Creek, which would otherwise 
expire on June 30, 2013.

DATES: As of: July 1, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, Bureau of Land 
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6155, 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 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 to protect the scenic, 
recreational, and fish and wildlife habitat values of the scenic 
section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River between the mouth of Deer 
Creek and the mouth of Briggs Creek located in the Rogue-Siskiyou 
National Forest. The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on 
June 30, 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. 6986 (58 FR 35408 (1993)), which withdrew 
approximately 4,239.95 acres of National Forest System land 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 
scenic section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River located in the 
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest between the mouth of Deer Creek 
and the mouth of Briggs Creek, is hereby extended for an additional 20-
year period until June 30, 2033.

    Dated: June 20, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-16214 Filed 7-3-13; 8:45 am]
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