[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29721]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000.16XL1109AF; HAG 16-0170; OR50483]
Public Land Order No. 7858; Extension of Public Land Order No.
7233, Rogue River; 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. 7233 for an additional 20-year period, which
would otherwise expire on January 1, 2017. Public Land Order No. 7233
withdrew 2,090 acres of National Forest System lands within the Rogue
River-Siskiyou National Forest from location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing
laws. This extension is necessary to continue to protect the Rabbit
Ears-Falcon Wildlife Area, Rogue River Wild and Scenic Corridor, Union
Creek Historic District, Abbot Creek and Mill Creek Recreation Sites,
and the Prospect Ranger Station Administrative Site.
DATES: This Public Land Order is effective on January 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Childers, Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6225. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to reach the above individual. The
Service 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 which the withdrawal was
first made requires this extension to continue to protect a wildlife
area, wild and scenic river corridor, historic district, two
recreational sites, and a ranger station administrative site. The lands
will remain open to such forms of disposition as may be authorized on
National Forest System lands and to mineral leasing.
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. 7233 (62 FR 104 (1997)), which withdrew 2,090
acres of National Forest System Lands within the Rogue River-Siskiyou
National Forest in Oregon from location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing
laws, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period. The
withdrawal extended by this order will expire on January 1, 2037,
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.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-29721 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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