Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 185 / Monday, September 26, 2005 / Notices 56187 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–936–1430–ET; HAG–05–0143; OR–

59658] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Opportunity for Public Meeting; 

Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

proposes to withdraw on behalf of the 

Bureau of Land Management, 

approximately 501.80 acres of public 

lands, for a period of 20 years, to protect 

the unique natural, scenic, and 

recreation values, along the Quartzville 

Creek Wild and Scenic River corridor in 

eastern Linn County, Oregon. This 

notice segregates the lands for up to 2 

years from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws. The lands 

will remain open to the public land and 

mineral leasing laws. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by 

December 27, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the Oregon/ 

Washington State Director, BLM, P.O. 

Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208–

2965. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart Hirsh, BLM Salem District Office, 

(503) 375–5623, or Lakisha Sloan, BLM 

Oregon/Washington State Office, (503) 

808–6595. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant is the Bureau of Land 

Management at the address stated 

above. The petition/application requests 

the Secretary of the Interior to 

withdraw, for 20 years, the following 

described public lands from location 

and entry under the United States 

mining laws, subject to valid existing 

rights: 

Willamette Meridian 

T. 11 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 25, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, W1⁄2 lot 3, portion of W1⁄2E1⁄2 lot 

3, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

and N1⁄2S1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 12 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 2, portion of W1⁄2 lot 3, portion of lot 

4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 3, SE1⁄4 lot 1, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 10, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

and N1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 501.80 acres 

in Linn County. 

The BLM petition/application has 

been approved by the Assistant 

Secretary, Land and Minerals 

Management. Therefore, it constitutes a 

withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of 

the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1–3(e)). 

The use of right-of-way, interagency 

agreement, or cooperative agreement 

would not adequately constrain 

nondiscretionary uses which could 

irrevocably damage the area, threaten 

public health and safety, and eliminate 

the access of the public to mine 

recreationally. 

There are not suitable alternative sites 

that can be considered because the 

lands described are entirely within the 

Quartzville Creek. 

No water rights will be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of this withdrawal. 

A preliminary mineral potential 

evaluation found the above described 

lands to have high potential for 

locatable placer gold deposits that 

would be uneconomical to develop. The 

management of the river corridor would 

allow for recreational mining. 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal would be to protect the 

unique natural, scenic, and recreational 

values along the Quartzville Creek Wild 

and Scenic River Corridor. 

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, by the 

date specified above, to the BLM 

Oregon/Washington State Director at the 

address indicated above. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public view at the BLM 

Public Room Oregon/Washington State 

Office, 333 SW. 1st Ave, Portland, 

Oregon during regular business hours 

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Individual 

respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name or address from public 

review or from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, you must 

state this prominently at the beginning 

of your comments. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by law. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

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 BLM Oregon/ 

Washington 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 withdrawal proposal 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. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(a)) 

Dated: September 19, 2005. 

Robert D. DeViney, Jr., 

Chief, Branch of Land and Mineral Resources. 

[FR Doc. 05–19132 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P