[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-27945] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: November 14, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing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] BILLING CODE 4310-33-P