[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37571-37572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12212]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500170694; AA-26417]


Public Land Order No. 7925; Extension of a Withdrawal Created by 
Executive Order, Modified by Public Land Order No. 6458; Sitka Magnetic 
Observatory Site; 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 Executive Order, as modified by PLO No. 6458 and 
extended by PLO No. 7581, for an additional 20-year term. The Executive 
Order as modified and extended withdrew 117.13 acres of public land 
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing laws, for the Sitka 
Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved the site for use by the United 
States Geological Survey as a magnetic and seismological observatory in 
Sitka, Alaska.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 6, 2023.

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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 for continued use of the lands as a 
magnetic and seismological observatory.

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, E.O. No. 8854 (6 FR 4181 
(1941)), as modified by PLO No. 6458 (48 FR 40232 (1983)) and extended 
by PLO No. 7581 (68 FR 52613 (2003)), which withdrew 117.13 acres of 
public land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing laws, for 
the Sitka Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved it for use by the 
United States Geological Survey as a magnetic and seismological 
observatory in Sitka, Alaska, is hereby extended for an additional 20-
year period.
    2. The withdrawal extended by this Order will expire on September 
5, 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. 2023-12212 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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