[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 40540-40541] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-19833] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [OR-958-0777-63; GP7-0062; OR-19851 (WA)] Public Land Order No. 7277; Revocation of Executive Order Dated January 17, 1911; Washington AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public land order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety an Executive order which withdrew 12,438.86 acres of National Forest System lands for the Bureau of Land Management's Reservoir Site Reserve No. 1. The lands are no longer needed for this purpose and the revocation is needed to permit disposal of a portion of the land through a Forest Service exchange. This action will open the lands to surface entry and nonmetalliferous mining, unless included in existing withdrawals or other segregations of record. All of the lands have been and will remain open to metalliferous mining and mineral leasing unless closed by existing withdrawals or other segregations of record. EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6155. 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 (1994), it is ordered as follows: 1. The Executive Order dated January 17, 1911, which established Reservoir Site Reserve No. 1, is hereby revoked in its entirety: Willamette Meridian Wenatchee National Forest T. 27 N., R. 16 E., Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\; Sec. 5, lot 1, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/ 2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/ 4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 10, that portion of the NW\1/4\ lying outside HES No. 48, and those portions of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\ lying outside HES Nos. 43 and 44; Sec. 13, lot 5 and Tract 37 (formerly lot 1); Sec. 14, lots 4, 6, and 7, and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\; Sec. 15, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\; Sec. 16, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\; Sec. 17, Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\; [[Page 40541]] Sec. 20, NE\1/4\; Sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\; Sec. 22, lot 3, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\; Sec. 23, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and S\1/2\S\1/2\; Sec. 24, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\; Sec. 25, NE\1/4\. T. 28 N., R. 16 E., Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and that portion of the E\1/2\ lying outside HES No. 163; Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and that portion of the E\1/2\ lying outside HES No. 164; Sec. 20, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and that portion of the W\1/2\SW\1/4\ lying outside HES No. 164; Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/ 4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/ 4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/ 2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that portion of the N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/ 4\ lying outside HES No. 164; Sec. 30, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/ 4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/ 4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\, and that portion of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ lying outside HES No. 164; Sec. 32, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\. T. 26 N., R. 17 E., Sec. 3, lot 3, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\; Sec. 8, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 9, lots 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, and 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/ 4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\. T. 27 N., R. 17 E., Sec. 14, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 15, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\; Sec. 16, SW\1/4\; Sec. 17, S\1/2\S\1/2\; Sec. 19, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\; Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/ 4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 21, lots 1, 2, and 3, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\; Sec. 22, lot 3, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 23, W\1/2\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, and lots 6 to 11, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/ 4\, and SW\1/4\; Sec. 27, lots 1, 3, 4, and 5, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\; Sec. 28, lot 8; Sec. 30, lots 2, 6, and 7, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 32, N\1/2\N\1/2\; Sec. 33, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\; Sec. 34, W\1/2\. The areas described aggregate approximately 12,438.86 acres in Chelan County. 2. That portion of the NE\1/4\ of Sec. 18, T. 28 N., R. 16 E., lying within the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area withdrawal, remains closed to operation of the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws. 3. The following described lands are included in Forest Service recreation and administrative area withdrawals and will remain closed to operation of the public land laws, including the mining laws: T. 27 N., R. 16 E., Sec. 13, lot 5; Sec. 23, lots 2, 3, 4, and 5; Sec. 24, lots 2, 3, and 4, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\. 4. The following described lands are included in two Forest Service campground withdrawals, and will remain closed to location and entry under the United States mining laws: T. 27 N., R. 17 E., Sec. 27, lots 4 and 5, and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\; Sec. 33, E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/ 4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\. 5. At 8:30 a.m. on August 27, 1997, the lands described in paragraph 1, except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4, will be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands, including location and entry under the United States mining laws for nonmetalliferous minerals, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of lands described in this order under the general mining laws for nonmetalliferous minerals prior to the date and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determinations in local courts. Dated: July 16, 1997. Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 97-19833 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-33-P