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to mineral material development, not 

available for livestock grazing. 

• Willis Ridge, 3,180 acres, to protect 

old-growth reserves, along with fisheries 

and wildlife resources. VRM class III, 

right-of-way avoidance, off-highway 

vehicle limited, closed to mineral 

leasing, and closed to mineral material 

development. 

• South Spit, 630 acres, to protect 

sensitive plant and wetland habitat and 

cultural resources. Right-of-way 

avoidance, off-highway vehicle limited, 

VRM class III, closed to mineral leasing, 

closed to mineral material development, 

day use only. 

• Corning Vernal Pools, 170 acres, to 

protect critical habitat that supports 

threatened and endangered species. 

Right-of-way exclusion, off-highway 

vehicle closed, VRM class III, closed to 

mineral leasing, open to locatable 

mineral entry, closed to mineral 

material development, available to 

livestock grazing if compatible with 

vernal pool ecology and relevant and 

important values. 

• North Table Mountain, 50 acres, to 

protect habitat that supports the rare 

Butte County Golden Clover (Trifolium 

jokerstii). Right-of-way exclusion, offhighway vehicle closed, VRM class III, 

closed to mineral leasing, recommend 

for withdrawal from locatable mineral 

entry, not available for livestock grazing, 

and closed to mineral material 

development. 

More information on management of 

ACECs under the BLM’s preferred 

alternative is available in Chapter 2, 

Table 2–2 and Chapter 3.4.1 of the Draft 

RMP/EIS. 

The preferred alternative would not 

propose the following potential ACECs 

for designation: Swasey Drive Clear 

Creek Greenway and Eden Creek. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA and land use 

planning processes, including a 30-day 

public protest period and a 60-day 

governor’s consistency review on the 

Proposed RMP. The Proposed RMP/ 

Final EIS is anticipated to be available 

for public protest in the late spring of 

2024 with an approved RMP and Record 

of Decision in late summer of 2024. 

The BLM will hold at least one virtual 

and two in-person public meetings, in 

Redding and Arcata, California, on the 

Draft RMP/EIS during the 90-day public 

comment period. The specific date(s) 

and location(s) of these meetings will be 

announced at least 15 days in advance 

through local media, newspapers, and 

the BLM National NEPA Register project 

page (see ADDRESSES). 

The BLM will continue to consult 

with Indian Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.7–2) 

Karen E. Mouritsen, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21331 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM–OR–FRN–MO4500170483] 

Notice of Withdrawal Extension 

Application and Opportunity for Public 

Comment for the Halliday Fen 

Research Natural Area, Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture, United States Forest 

Service (USFS), has filed an application 

with the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) requesting that the Secretary of 

the Interior extend Public Land Order 

(PLO) No. 7614 for an additional 20 

years. PLO No. 7614 withdrew 646.40 

acres of National Forest System land 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws for 20 years, 

subject to valid existing rights, to 

protect the Halliday Fen Research 

Natural Area (RNA). This notice advises 

the public of a 90-day opportunity to 

comment on this application for a 

withdrawal extension and to request a 

public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by 

December 28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the BLM 

Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. 

Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208. The 

application and case file are available 

for public examination by interested 

persons by appointment at the BLM 

Public Room, 1220 SW 3rd Ave., 11th 

Floor, Portland, Oregon 97208 during 

regular business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday except 

holidays. Please call 503–808–6001 to 

make an appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, BLM 

Oregon/Washington State Office, (503) 

808–6249, by email at lpoff@blm.gov, or 

at the address noted earlier. The USFS 

can be reached at the Colville National 

Forest Supervisor’s Office, 765 South 

Main St., Colville, Washington 99114, 

(509) 684–7000. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, blind, hard 

of hearing, or have a speech disability 

may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) 

to access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PLO No. 

7614 (69 FR 55448) withdrew 646.40 

acres of National Forest System land in 

the Colville National Forest from 

location and entry under the United 

States mining laws for 20 years, subject 

to valid existing rights, to protect the 

RNA. The RNA preserves the unique 

characteristics, sensitive fauna, 

hydrology, and research values of the 

area, which includes a marl fen, western 

red cedar and western hemlock forests, 

and habitat for a variety of rare plant 

and animal species. The RNA is also 

within the Salmo Priest Grizzly Bear 

Management Unit, which is part of the 

Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone in 

Pend Oreille County, Washington. This 

notice also revises the legal land 

description and acreage figure from the 

646.40 acres stated in PLO No. 7614 to 

646.37 acres. Unless further extended, 

the withdrawal will expire on 

September 9, 2024. 

The legal land description and 

acreage figure written in PLO No. 7614 

is revised to reflect the BLM Cadastral 

Survey’s Specification for Descriptions 

of Land. The revised land description 

does not change the footprint of the 

lands withdrawn, which is as follows: 

Colville National Forest 

Willamette Meridian 

T. 40 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 31, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

Together with portions of the following 

lands as specifically identified and described 


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by metes and bounds in the ‘‘Boundary 

Description for Halliday Fen Research 

Natural Area to be Withdrawn from Mineral 

Location’’ dated April 19, 2002, in the official 

records of the BLM Oregon/Washington State 

Office and the Colville National Forest 

Office, Colville, Washington: 

T. 39 N., R. 43 E., 

Sec. 1, lot 1. 

T. 40 N., R. 43 E., 

Sec. 36, E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

T. 39 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 6, lots 2 thru 5, and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

T. 40 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 30, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 31, lots 1 thru 4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 646.37 acres. 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency 

agreement, or cooperative agreement 

would not adequately preserve the 

unique resources located at this site. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

since preserving the unique resource 

within the lands described in PLO No. 

7614 is the reason for the application for 

withdrawal extension. 

Comments will be available for public 

review. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you may ask the BLM in 

your comment to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

An opportunity for a public meeting 

may be afforded in connection with the 

application for withdrawal extension. 

All interested persons who desire a 

public meeting for the purpose of being 

heard on the application for this 

withdrawal extension must submit a 

written request to the State Director, 

BLM Oregon/Washington State Office at 

the address in the ADDRESSES section, 

within 90 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. If the 

authorized officer determines that a 

public meeting will be held, a notice of 

the date, time, and place will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

local newspapers and posted on the 

BLM website at: www.blm.gov at least 

30 days before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. This withdrawal extension 

application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR 2310.4. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714) 

Dustin Webster-Wharton, 

Branch Chief of Land, Mineral, and Energy 

Development, Bureau of Land Management, 

Oregon/Washington. 

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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OROR 016756] 

Public Land Order No. 7930; Extension 

of Public Land Order No. 6476 for 

Wheeler Creek Natural Area; Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order extends the 

duration of the withdrawal created by 

Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6476, as 

extended by PLO No. 7572, for an 

additional 20-year period. PLO No. 6476 

withdrew 334 acres of National Forest 

System lands in the Rogue RiverSiskiyou National Forest from location 

and entry under the United States 

mining laws to protect the Wheeler 

Creek Research Natural Area (RNA). 

DATES: This PLO takes effect on October 

5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, Bureau of 

Land Management Oregon/Washington 

State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, 

OR 97208, (503) 808–6249, or by email 

at lpoff@blm.gov. The United States 

Forest Service, Rogue River-Siskiyou 

National Forest Supervisor’s Office can 

be reached at 3040 Biddle Road, 

Medford, Oregon 97504, (541) 618– 

2200. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the withdrawal extended by 

this PLO is to maintain the protection of 

the Wheeler Creek RNA. PLO No. 6476 

(48 FR 45395 (1983)), as extended by 

PLO No. 7572 (68 FR 42127 (2003)), 

incorporated herein by reference, 

withdrew 334 acres of National Forest 

System lands from location and entry 

under the United States mining laws to 

protect the Wheeler Creek RNA in Curry 

County, Oregon, from any adverse 

impacts of such activities. The 

withdrawal extension is necessary to 

continue that protection. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by section 

204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714(f), it is ordered as follows: 

1. PLO No. 6476, as extended by PLO 

No. 7572 for an additional 20-year 

period, which withdrew 334 acres of 

National Forest System lands from 

location and entry under the United 

States mining laws to protect the 

Wheeler Creek Research Natural Area in 

support of Forest Service programs, is 

hereby extended, subject to valid 

existing rights, for an additional 20-year 

period. 

2. This withdrawal will expire 20 

years from the effective date of this 

order 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, 43 

U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 

that the withdrawal shall be further 

extended. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(f)) 

Robert T. Anderson, 

Solicitor. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21475 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_CO_FRN_MO#4500174052] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Rocky 

Mountain Resource Advisory Council, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Rocky 

Mountain Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) is announcing its 2023 fall 

meeting. 

DATES: The Rocky Mountain RAC will 

meet in-person on November 9, 2023, 

from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Mountain 

Time (MT). A virtual participation 

option will be available and the meeting 

is open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the BLM’s Royal Gorge Field Office, 

3028 East Main Street, Can ̃on City, CO 

81212. A virtual option will be offered 


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