[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 59221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23654]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000-L14300000-ET0000; HAG-12-0183; OROR-47552]


Public Land Order No. 7802; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6944; 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. 6944 for an additional 20-year period. The 
extension is necessary to continue protection of the cultural and 
historical values of the Granite Chinese Walls Historic Site, which 
would otherwise expire on September 30, 2012.

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, Bureau of Land 
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 333 SW. 1st Ave., Portland, 
Oregon 97204, 503-808-6155, or Dianne Torpin, United States Forest 
Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 333 SW. 1st Ave., Portland, Oregon 
97204, 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 protection of the 
Granite Chinese Walls Historic Site in the Wallowa-Whitman National 
Forest. The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on September 
30, 2032, 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. 6944 (57 FR 45321 (1992)), which withdrew 
approximately 43.75 acres of National Forest System land from location 
and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. chapter 2), 
but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
Granite Chinese Walls Historic Site, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period until September 30, 2032.

    Dated: September 13, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2012-23654 Filed 9-25-12; 8:45 am]
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