[Federal Register: September 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 184)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1820-01, GP9-0215; OR-53642]

 
Public Land Order No. 7412; Withdrawal for Leslie Gulch Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 12,426.43 acres from surface entry and 
mining for a period of 20 years to protect the Leslie Gulch Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern. The land has been and will remain open 
to mineral leasing. An additional 40 acres of non-Federal land, if 
acquired by the United States, would become subject to the withdrawal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, 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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from surface entry and mining under the 
general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 
Ch 2 (1994)), but not the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Leslie 
Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

Willamette Meridian

T. 26 S., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, lots 11 to 15, inclusive, and 
S\1/2\;
    Sec. 2, lots 9, 10, 14, 15, and 16, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 26 S., R. 45 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;

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    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 20;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 5, 6, and 7, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 12,426.43 acres in Malheur County.

    2. The following described non-Federal land is located within the 
Leslie Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern. In the event this 
land returns to public ownership, it will become subject to the terms 
and conditions of this withdrawal:

Willamette Meridian

T. 26 S., R. 45 E.,
    Sec. 18, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40 acres in Malheur County.

    3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than the mining laws.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f)(1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-24904 Filed 9-22-99; 8:45 am]
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