[Federal Register: January 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 11)] [Notices] [Page 3099] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr16ja09-127] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AK-963-1430-ET; F-14988] Public Land Order No. 7727; Extension of Public Land Order No. 6706, Alaska AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public Land Order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This order extends a withdrawal created by Public Land Order No. 6706 for an additional 20-year period. This extension is necessary to continue protection of the United States Air Force Indian Mountain Research Site in Alaska. DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrie D. Evarts, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue,13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504; or 907-271-5630. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on January 10, 2029, 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. (2000), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be further extended. 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: Public Land Order No. 6706 (54 FR 979 (1989)), which withdrew 4,606.70 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location and entry under the general land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, to protect the integrity of the information being monitored by seismic equipment at the United States Air Force Indian Mountain Research Site, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period until January 10, 2029. Dated: January 7, 2009. C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management. [FR Doc. E9-1071 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P