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[Federal Register: November 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-943-1430-01; GP4-242; OR-49218]

43 CFR Public Land Order 7103

 

Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Crooks Creek Fisheries and 
Limestone Caves; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 758.46 acres of Revested Oregon and 
California Railroad Grant Lands from surface entry and mining for a 
period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the 
Crooks Creek Fisheries and limestone caves located in Josephine County. 
The lands have been and remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Kauffman, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-280-7162.
    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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect the significant scenic, wildlife, fisheries, 
and recreational values in the Crooks Creek Fisheries and four 
limestone caves:

Willamette Meridian

Revested Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands

T. 37 S., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2.
T. 37 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 36, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 39 S., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 758.46 acres in Josephine County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: October 28, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-27945 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]
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