[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 10592] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-6041] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [AK-931-1430-01; AA-73136] Public Land Order 7187; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 835; Alaska AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public Land Order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety a public land order which withdrew lands for townsite and classification purposes at Portage. The lands are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. The lands have been transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, by Section 6 of the Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act, Public Law 102-415, 106 Stat. 2112, October 14, 1992. This action will also open the lands to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System land and will be subject to the Chugach National Forest reservation. EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907- 271-5477. 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. Public Land Order No. 835, which withdrew lands for townsite and classification purposes at Portage, is hereby revoked in its entirety as to the following described lands: Seward Meridian Chugach National Forest Located within Tps. 8 and 9 N., R. 3 E., described as: U.S. Survey No. 2882, Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, Block 3. The area described contains .89 acre. U.S. Survey No. 3738, Lot 1. The area described contains 42 acres. U.S. Survey No. 7012, Lots 16 and 31. The area described contain 636.90 acres. The areas described aggregate 679.79 acres. 2. At 10 a.m. on April 15, 1996, the National Forest System lands described above will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System land, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. Dated: February 29, 1996. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 96-6041 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P