81 FR 89506 - Public Land Order No. 7858; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7233, Rogue River; Oregon

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 238 (December 12, 2016)

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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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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