[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3818-3819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01295]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCA930000 L14400000.ET0000; CACA 032220]
Public Land Order No. 7848; Extension of Public Land Order No.
7179, California
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. 7179 for an additional 20-year period. The
extension is necessary to continue protection of the seismic integrity
of the University of California-Berkeley Seismic Observatory located in
the Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County which will expire on
January 24, 2016, unless extended.
DATES: This withdrawal extension is effective on January 25, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Price, United States Forest
Service, Regional Office, R5, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, California
94592, 707-562-8963, or Elizabeth Easley, Bureau of Land Management
California State Office (CA-930), Federal Building (Room W-1928), 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825-1886; 916-979-4673. Persons
who use a
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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 the above individual. You
will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for the extension of the
duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order No. 7179 is to
continue protecting seismic monitoring instruments and the seismic
integrity of the University of California-Berkeley Seismic Observatory,
located on 45 acres of National Forest System land, from future mining
activities that either disturb the seismic equipment or create seismic
noise in the general area that would interfere with the accuracy of the
seismograph.
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 hereby ordered as follows:
Public Land Order No. 7179 (61 FR 2137 (1996)) which withdrew 45
acres of National Forest System land from location and entry under the
United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws to protect the seismic integrity of the University of
California-Berkeley Seismic Observatory, is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period. This withdrawal will expire on January 24,
2036, 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 further extended.
Dated: January 10, 2016.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-01295 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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