[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61495-61496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16897]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WAOR 057423]


Public Land Order No. 7944; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
7614 for Halliday Fen Research Natural Area, Washington

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 (PLO) No. 7614 for an additional 20-year period. PLO 
No. 7614 withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands in the 
Colville National Forest near Metaline, Washington from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws to protect the Halliday Fen 
Research Natural Area (RNA). A Federal Register notice published on 
September 29, 2023, revised the legal land description and acreage 
written in PLO No. 7614 to reflect the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
Cadastral Survey's current standards for Specifications for 
Descriptions of Land.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Oregon/Washington State Office, (503) 808-6249, by email at 
[email protected]. The US Forest Service can be reached at the Colville 
National Forest Supervisor's Office, 765 South Main St., Colville, 
Washington, 99114, (509) 684-7000. Individuals in the United States who 
are deaf, blind, 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 extension of PLO No. 7614 is required in 
order to continue the protection of

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the unique characteristics, sensitive fauna, hydrology, and research 
values of the Halliday Fen RNA, which includes a marl fen, western red 
cedar and western hemlock forests, and habitat for a variety of rare 
plant and animal species. The RNA is also within the Salmo Priest 
Grizzly Bear Management Unit, which is part of the Selkirk Grizzly Bear 
Recovery Zone in Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by section 204(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(d), it is ordered as follows:
    1. PLO No. 7614 (69 FR 55448 (2004)), as corrected (88 FR 67349 
(2023)), which withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights, to protect the Halliday Fen RNA, is hereby 
extended for an additional 20-year period. The legal land description 
and acreage was revised to reflect the BLM Cadastral Survey's 
Specifications for Descriptions of Land, which is as follows:

Colville National Forest

Willamette Meridian

T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 31, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Together with portions of the following lands as specifically 
identified and described by metes and bounds in the ``Boundary 
Description for Halliday Fen Research Natural Area to be Withdrawn 
from Mineral Location'' dated April 19, 2002, in the official 
records of the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office and the Colville 
National Forest Office, Colville, Washington:

T. 39 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 1.
T. 40 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 39 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 2 thru 5, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 30, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 646.37 acres.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order 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, the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall 
be further extended.

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

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-16897 Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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