[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18777-18778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9099]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7133

[OR-943-1430-01; GP5-038; OR-50706(WA)]


Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for Five Seed 
Orchards; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 496.22 acres of National Forest System 
lands in the Colville and Kaniksu National Forests from mining for a 
period of 20 years for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
to protect the Brown 

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Mountain Seed Orchard, Pal Moore Meadows Seed Orchard, Teepee Seed 
Orchard, Cedar Creek Seed Orchard, and Flowery Trail Seed Orchard. The 
lands have been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as 
may by law be made of National Forest System lands and to mineral 
leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Sullivan, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 503-280-7171.
    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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but 
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
investment in five Forest Service seed orchards:

Willamette Meridian

Colville National Forest

Brown Mountain Seed Orchard

T. 35 N., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.

Pal Moore Meadows Seed Orchard

T. 33 N., R. 41 E.,
    Sec. 1, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\ of lot 4 and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\S\1/2\ of lot 1, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ of lot 2, and S\1/
2\NE\1/4\.

Teepee Seed Orchard

T. 37 N., R. 42 E.,
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Cedar Creek Seed Orchard

T. 40 N., R. 42 E.,
    Sec. 10, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

Kaniksu National Forest

Flowery Trail Seed Orchard

T. 32 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 496.22 acres in Ferry, Stevens, 
and Pend Oreille Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the 
National Forest System lands 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 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) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: April 4, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-9099 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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