83 FR 24490 - Public Land Order No. 7865; Partial Revocation of Turn Point Lighthouse Reservation; Washington

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 103 (May 29, 2018)

This Order revokes the withdrawal created by two Executive Orders as they affect 70.97 acres located at Turn Point, Stuart Island, San Juan Islands, Washington, reserved for use by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for lighthouse purposes. This Order also transfers administrative jurisdiction over the subject land to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to be managed as part of the San Juan Islands National Monument (Monument).

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24490-24491]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11453]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Public Land Order No. 7865; Partial Revocation of Turn Point 
Lighthouse Reservation; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Order revokes the withdrawal created by two Executive 
Orders as they affect 70.97 acres located at Turn Point, Stuart Island, 
San Juan Islands, Washington, reserved for use by the United States 
Coast Guard (USCG) for lighthouse purposes. This Order also transfers 
administrative jurisdiction over the subject land to the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) to be managed as part of the San Juan Islands National 
Monument (Monument).

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect: May 29, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Childers, Oregon State Office, 
BLM, at 503-808-6225, or by email at [email protected]. Persons who 
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to reach the above individual. 
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

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to leave a message or question with the above individuals. You will 
receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USCG has determined that the reservation 
for the Turn Point Light Station is no longer needed. The land was 
incorporated into the Monument by Presidential Proclamation No. 8947 of 
March 25, 2013, (78 FR 18790 (2013)). In accordance with Presidential 
Proclamation No. 8947, the lands shall remain closed to appropriation 
under the general land laws and location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights and the 
requirements of applicable law.

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:
    1. The withdrawal created by Executive Orders dated July 15, 1875, 
and June 6, 1891, which reserved public land at Turn Point for 
lighthouse purposes, is hereby revoked in-part insofar as it affects 
the following described land:

Willamette Meridian

T. 37 N, R. 4 W,
    sec. 20, lots 5, 6, and 7.

    The area described contains 70.97 acres.

    2. Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in Paragraph 
1 is hereby transferred to the BLM to be managed as part of the 
National Monument established by Presidential Proclamation No. 8946 of 
March 25, 2013 (79 FR 18790). Subject to valid existing rights, in 
accordance with Presidential Proclamation No. 8946, the land shall 
remain closed to all forms of entry, location, selection, sale, 
leasing, or other disposition under the public land laws, including 
withdrawal from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal 
leasing other than by exchange that furthers the protective purposes of 
the Proclamation.

    Dated: February 12, 2018.
Joseph R. Balash,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

    Editorial note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on May 23, 2018.
[FR Doc. 2018-11453 Filed 5-25-18; 8:45 am]
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