[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59654-59655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20715]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WYW 182138]


Public Land Order No. 7856; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic 
Landmark; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order

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SUMMARY: Subject to valid existing rights, this order withdraws 
approximately 4,513 acres of National Forest System land in the Bighorn 
National Forest from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, but not from leasing under the mineral or geothermal leasing 
laws, or disposal under the Materials Act of 1947, for a period of 20 
years to protect and preserve existing heritage resources and American 
Indian spiritual values within the formally designated Medicine Wheel/
Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark (NHL).

DATES: This Public Land Order is effective on August 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Laurent, U.S. Forest Service, 
Region 2, Supervisors Office, 2013 Eastside Second Street, Sheridan, 
Wyoming 82801, 307-674-2656, or Marilyn Roth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
5353 N. Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307-
775-6189 or via email at [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 the above 
individuals. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question with the above individuals. You will 
receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This order withdraws National Forest System 
land to protect and preserve significant existing cultural resources 
and American Indian spiritual values within the formally designated 
Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain NHL. Heritage resources include 
artifacts, structures, or sites made by people or natural features that 
acquire historic value through human activities. Native Americans also 
use the Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain NHL as part of traditional 
ceremonial practices where tranquility is crucial.

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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 United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral 
or geothermal leasing laws, or disposal under the Materials Act of 
1947, to protect and preserve existing heritage resources and American 
Indian spiritual values within the formally designated Medicine Wheel/
Medicine Mountain NHL.

Big Horn National Forest

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 56 N., R. 91 W.,
    Sec. 19, lot 1.
T. 56 N., R. 92 W.,
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\, excepting a strip of land 200 
feet on each side of the center line of the Medicine Wheel Road, No. 
104 in the N\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\, excepting a 
strip of land 200 feet on each side of the center line of the 
Medicine Wheel Road, No. 104 in the N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\, excepting a 
strip of land 200 feet on each side of the center line of the 
Medicine Wheel Road, No. 104 in the W\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, excepting a strip of land 200 feet on 
each side of the center line of the Medicine Wheel Road, No. 104 in 
the N\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 4,513 acres in Big 
Horn County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of laws governing the use of National Forest System land 
other than under the United States 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: August 8, 2016.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-20715 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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