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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 1189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00006]

[[Page 1189]]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[PO #4820000251; OROR106205169; OROR-069823]

Public Land Order No. 7957; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Protection of Three Recreation Sites; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: Subject to valid existing rights, this order withdraws 103.92 
acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-administered public lands in 
Douglas County, Oregon from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws, for a period of 20 years to protect the unique 
recreational values at three public recreation sites. This Public Land 
Order (PLO) would also withdraw an additional 38.5 acres of non-Federal 
lands and an additional 21.20 acres of non-Federal subsurface mineral 
interests in the same manner described in the PLO, should the United 
States acquire such lands or interests in land in the future.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on January 7, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Oregon/Washington State Office, at 503-808-6001, by email at 
[email protected], or at the address noted above. Individuals in the United 
States who are deaf, deafblind, 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-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect 
the unique recreational values, as well as current and future site 
improvements, at the BLM's Island Creek Recreation Area, Iron Mountain 
Recreation Area, and Olalla-Thompson Day Use Recreation Area. 
Improvements within these site locations range from gravel parking 
areas and basic signage at the less developed areas, to paved parking, 
restrooms, picnic tables, grills, fire rings, and trails at the Island 
Creek Recreation Area.

Order

    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, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, to protect three Bureau of Land Management 
public recreation sites.

Iron Mountain Recreation Area

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 4, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, excepting that portion granted to the 
railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).
    The area described contains 36.60 acres.

Olalla-Thompson Creek Day Use Area

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
    The area described contains 25.00 acres.

Island Creek Recreation Area

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5, excepting that portion of lot 5 granted to the 
railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).
    The area described contains 42.32 acres.

    2. The following described public lands with non-Federal mineral 
interests, if mineral rights are acquired by United States, will be 
subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as described in 
paragraph 1:

Island Creek Recreation Area

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 36, those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and 
the S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-
water mark of the easterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly 
boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May 
6, 1896.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying between the 
ordinary high-water mark of the southwesterly bank of Cow Creek and 
the southerly boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant 
patent dated May 6, 1896.
    The areas described aggregate 21.20 acres.

    3. The following described non-Federal lands, if acquired by the 
United States, will be subject to the terms and conditions of this 
withdrawal as described in paragraph 1:

Island Creek Special Recreation Site

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
excepting those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and the 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-water 
mark of the easterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly boundary of 
the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May 6, 1896.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of lot 5 granted to the railroad under the 
Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, excepting 
that portion of the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-
water mark of the southwesterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly 
boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May 
6, 1896.
    The areas described aggregate 38.50 acres.
    The total areas described, including public and non-Federal 
lands, aggregate 163.62 acres.

    4. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    5. This withdrawal will expire 20 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), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

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

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2025-00006 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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