[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-6333-ET; GPO-0083; (OR-9041A]


Public Land Order No. 7452; Partial Revocation of the Executive 
Order Dated April 17, 1926; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes an Executive order insofar as it 
affects 4,231.09 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Land 
Management's Public Water Reserve No. 107. The lands do not qualify for 
a public water reserve and the revocation is needed to permit several 
land disposals. This action will open the lands to surface entry and 
non-metalliferous mining, unless included in other segregations of 
record. All of the lands have been and will remain open to 
metalliferous mining and mineral leasing, unless included in other 
segregations of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison O'Brien, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-952-6171.
    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. The Executive Order dated April 17, 1926, which established 
Public Water Reserve No. 107, is hereby revoked insofar as it affect 
the following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

(a) Federal Lands and Minerals

T. 22 S., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\.
T. 26 S., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\.
T. 21 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 15, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 29 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 29, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 21 S., R. 31 E.,
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 22 S., R. 31 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 4.
T. 21 S., R 33 E.,
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 33 S., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 34 S., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 20 S., R. 33\1/2\ E.,
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 39 S., R. 34 E.,
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 19 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 33, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 40 S., R. 38 E.,
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

(b) Private Surface/Federal Minerals

T. 27 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.
T. 19 S., R. 33\1/2\ E.,
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described in (a) and (b) aggregate 4,231.09 acres in 
Harney County.

    2. At 8:30 a.m. on July 7, 2000, the lands described in paragraph 
1(a) will be opened to the operation of the public land laws generally, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record and the requirements of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 8:30 
a.m. on July 7, 2000, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at 
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order 
of filing.
    3. At 8:30 a.m. on July 7, 2000, the lands described in paragraph 
1(a) and 1(b) will be opened to location and entry under the United 
States mining laws for non-metalliferous minerals, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. 
Appropriation of lands described in this order under the general mining 
laws for non-metalliferous minerals prior to the date and time of 
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, 
including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall 
vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a 
location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State 
law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land 
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over 
possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determinations 
in local courts.

Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-14289 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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