[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22713]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-950-5700-00; CACA 35718]


Public Land Order No. 7280; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Land for the Jordan Creek/Bower Cave Special Interest Area; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,236.31 acres of National Forest System 
land from mining for 50 years to protect the Jordan Creek/Bower Cave 
Special Interest Area. The land has been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, BLM California State 
Office (CA-931.4), 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, California 95825; 
916-978-4675.
    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 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Jordan 
Creek/Bower Cave Special Interest Area:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Stanislaus National Forest

T. 2 S., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 and 5, and a portion of MS 2108;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\ of lot 1, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 3;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\.

    The area described contains 1,236.31 acres in Mariposa County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those land laws governing the use of the 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.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 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.

    Dated: August 12, 1997.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-22713 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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