[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29427-29428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14234]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1430-01; GP8-0183; OR-53979]


Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, proposes 
to withdraw approximately 960 acres of National Forest System lands, 
lying within the Siskiyou National Forest, to protect the recreation, 
fisheries, scenic, and water quality values of the Scenic section of 
the North Fork Smith Wild and Scenic River. This notice closes the 
lands for up to 2 years from surface entry and mining. The public lands 
have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be 
received by August 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meetings requests should be sent to the Oregon/
Washington State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-
2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-952-6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 1997, the Forest Service filed 
an application to withdraw the following described National Forest 
System lands from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not the mineral leasing laws, 
subject to valid existing rights:

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Willamette Meridian

Siskiyou National Forest

    All lands lying on the right (west) bank of the river corridor, 
including the river bed, and extending \1/4\ mile from the 
centerline of the North Fork Smith River, from Horse Creek 
downstream 4.5 miles to the confluence of Baldface Creek, as 
described in the following:

T. 40 S., R. 11 W., unsurveyed
    Sec. 15, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 2, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 3, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    AND all lands lying on the left (east) bank of the river 
corridor, including the river bed, and extending \1/4\ mile from the 
centerline of the North Fork Smith River as described in the 
following:

T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 2, those portions of the E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
lying outside the boundaries of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 11, those portions of the NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, lying outside the boundaries of the Wild segment of the North 
Fork Smith Wild and Scenic River.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 960 acres in Curry 
County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the 
outstanding recreation, fisheries, scenic, and water quality values for 
which the North Fork Smith River was designated Wild and Scenic.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the State Director at the address indicated above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the State 
Director at the address indicated above within 90 days from the 
publication of this notice. Upon determination by the authorized 
officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the time and 
place will be published in the Federal Register at least 30 days before 
the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary land uses which may be 
permitted during this segregative period include licenses, permits, 
rights-of-way, and disposal of vegetative resources other than under 
the mining laws.

    Dated: May 19, 1998.
Sherrie L. Reid,
Acting Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 98-14234 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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