[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3099]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-1430-HN; GP0-0105; OR-54394]


Order Providing for Opening of Land; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action will open 66.24 acres of land to such forms of 
disposition as may by law be made of National Forest system lands, 
mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing. The Forest Service 
exchange proposal has been withdrawn in its entirety.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Liang, BLMOregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208,503-952-6299.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the General Exchange 
Act of March 30, 1922, as amended; the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, and the Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act 
of August 20, 1988, the following described Federal land identified in 
a proposed exchange between the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and 
Bill Brown, Ceridwyn Trust, UAD, has been withdrawn in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

T. 9 S., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 3,

    Those portions of unpatented mining claims IBM 56, IBM 62, IBM 
63, Midnight and Midnight Extension. Except any portion contained in 
unpatented mining claim IBM 61; and also excepting any portion 
contained in the following patented mining claims: Chebogan, Kitchi, 
Bald Mountain, Saginaw, Albine, Three Star, of MS 477, also La Cross 
and Pacific, of MS 813.
    The area described contains 66.24 acres in Baker County, Oregon.

    At 8:30 a.m., on March 20, 2000, the land will be opened to such 
forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System 
lands, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid existing 
applications received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on March 20, 2000, will 
be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter will be considered in the order of filing.
    At 8:30 a.m., on March 20, 2000, the land will be opened to 
location and entry under the United States mining laws. Appropriation 
under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration 
is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. Sec. 38, 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.
    At 8:30 a.m., on March 20, 2000, the land will be opened to 
applications and offers under the mineral leasing laws and the 
Geothermal Steam Act.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 00-3099 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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