[Federal Register: September 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 185)]
[Notices]               
[Page 51784-51785]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1820-01; GP9-0324; OR-55334]

 
Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes 
to withdraw 40 acres of National Forest System lands to protect the 
rehabilitation work being performed on the White King/Lucky Lass 
uranium mines in the Fremont National Forest. This notice closes the 
land for up to 2 years from mining. The land has been and will remain 
open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National 
Forest System lands and to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 23, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Oregon/
Washington State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-
2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Barnes, 503-952-6155.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 11, 1999, the Forest Service, 
filed an application to withdraw the following described National 
Forest System land from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)) but not the mineral leasing laws 
subject to valid existing rights:

Willamette Meridian

Fremont National Forest

T. 37 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 30, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

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    The area described contains 40.00 acres in Lake County, Oregon.

    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the State Director at the address indicated above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard with 
respect to the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the 
State Director at the address indicated above within 90 days from the 
date of publication of this notice. Upon determination by the 
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the 
time and place will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set fourth in 43 CFR 2300. For a period of 2 years from the 
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated as specified above unless the application is denied 
or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. The 
temporary land uses which may be permitted during the segregative 
period include licenses, permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of 
vegetative resources other than under the mining law.

    Dated: September 17, 1999.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Record Services.
[FR Doc. 99-24873 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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