[Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[SDM 94312]
Public Land Order No. 7705; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Land To Preserve Cave Resources Adjacent to Jewel Cave National
Monument; South Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 4,595.78 acres of National Forest System
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land from mining for a period of 20 years to preserve unique cave
resources adjacent to Jewel Cave National Monument. The land has been
and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made
of National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Hunt, U.S. Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Region, 303-275-5122 or Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, 406-896-
5052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Geological formations nearby indicate that
continued exploration may result in discovery of additional passageways
and caverns beyond the known extent of Jewel Cave. This order protects
the passageway and caverns extending beyond the exterior boundaries of
the Jewel Cave National Monument.
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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale,
location or entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2
(2000)), to preserve unique cave resources adjacent to the Jewel Cave
National Monument:
Black Hills National Forest
Black Hills Meridian
T. 4 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 12, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 13, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 3 E.,
Sec. 5, lot 6 and lots 10 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 6, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\,
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 9, lots 4 to 8, inclusive, and lots 11 to 14, inclusive;
Sec. 16, lots 4, 5, 8, and 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 17, lots 1 to 14, inclusive;
Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 20, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\,
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 21, lots 1 to 9 inclusive, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 4,595.78 acres in Custer County.
3. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System land under lease, license, or permit, or governing the
disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under 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) (2000), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-3.
Dated: April 7, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-8410 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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