[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 8909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[223.LLAK941200.L1440000.ET0000; AA-82857]


Public Land Order No. 7918; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
7555; Russian River and Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the 
withdrawal created by PLO No. 7555, which would otherwise expire on 
February 12, 2023, for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7555 
withdrew approximately 2,998 acres of National Forest System lands from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights, for the protection of the Russian River and 
Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor near Cooper Landing, Alaska.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on February 13, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504, 
(907) 271-4205, or [email protected]. Individuals in the United States 
who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability 
may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications 
relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the 
relay services offered within their country to make international calls 
to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for which the withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension to continue the protection of the 
Russian River and Upper Russian Lake Corridor near Cooper Landing, 
Alaska. The lands will remain open to such uses as may by law be made 
of National Forest System lands, and all public uses consistent with 
the recreational utilization and protection of the Russian River 
watershed.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO No. 7555, (68 FR 7387 
(2003)), which withdrew approximately 2,998 acres of National Forest 
System lands from location or entry under the United States mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the Russian River 
and Upper Russian Lake Recreation Corridor, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period.
    2. The withdrawal extended by this Order will expire on February 
12, 2043, 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.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)

Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-02825 Filed 2-9-23; 8:45 am]
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