[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 7373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02797]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000.15XL1109AF; HAG 15-0155; OR-50500]
Public Land Order No. 7850; Extension of Public Land Order No.
7184, Elk River Wild and Scenic Corridor; 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. 7184 for an additional 20-year period, which
would otherwise expire on February 13, 2016. This extension is
necessary to continue the protection of the investment of Federal funds
and recreational and visual resources of the Elk River Wild and Scenic
Corridor within the Siskiyou National Forest in Oregon.
DATES: This withdrawal extension is effective on February 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Ligons, Bureau of Land
Management Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6169, or Candice
Polisky, U.S. Forest Service, Region 6, Pacific Northwest Regional
Office, 503-808-2479. Persons who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to reach either of the above contacts. 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
Federal investment of approximately $6.6 million in recreational
developments and fisheries in the Elk River Wild and Scenic Corridor
within the Siskiyou National Forest located in Curry County, Oregon.
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. 7184 (61 FR 5719 (1996)), as corrected (61 FR
24948 (1996)), which withdrew 4,921 acres of National Forest System
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the
significant recreational and visual resources of the Elk River Wild and
Scenic Corridor, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period.
The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on February 13, 2036,
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, the Secretary determines that the
withdrawal shall be further extended.
Dated: January 31, 2016.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-02797 Filed 2-10-16; 8:45 am]
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