[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1183]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Chapter II

[WO-420-1820-00-24 1A]
RIN 1004-AC47


Table of Public Land Orders; Removal

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; removal.

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SUMMARY: This administrative final rule removes the Appendix to 43 CFR 
chapter II which constitutes a Table of Public Land Orders (PLOs), 
1942-Present.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Reed, 202-452-5069.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is not 
statutorily required to include this Appendix in the CFR. The material 
contained in the Appendix is an unindexed, strictly chronological list 
of PLOs from 1942 until 1995. The Table includes only a PLO number, a 
signature date, a brief subject heading describing effect, and a 
Federal Register citation for each PLO. The Table is organized neither 
geographically nor by subject classification. In sum, the Table is of 
extremely limited utility as a reference tool for persons attempting to 
determine the status of any particular tract of the public lands. The 
public may obtain the relevant information contained in the Appendix 
more efficiently by contacting the BLM State Office managing the 
subject lands. The master title plat for each jurisdiction will reveal 
the impact of any and all PLOs affecting the public lands within the 
jurisdiction. Additionally, the BLM will maintain the Table 
electronically on the Bureau's Internet Homepage.
    The 1996 edition of title 43 of the CFR will be the last to include 
the Appendix. This edition may be retained for future reference. 
Additionally, one may consult the annual Federal Register index to 
locate Public Land Orders issued within any subsequent given year. As 
the Appendix currently comprises nearly 200 pages of printed text in 
Title 43 of the CFR, removal of the Appendix will produce significant 
cost and printed space savings for the BLM without depriving the public 
of its sole or best source of information concerning the PLOs. In light 
of the foregoing analysis, the BLM has determined for good cause that 
notice and public procedure on this rule are unnecessary and contrary 
to the public interest. The principal author of this final rule is 
Matthew Reed, Regulatory Management Team, BLM.

    This rule is an administrative action and not a major rule for the 
purposes of E.O. 12291. Accordingly, neither an environmental impact 
analysis nor a regulatory flexibility analysis is required. This rule 
does not contain information collection requirements that require 
approval by the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.

List of Subjects for 43 CFR Chapter II

    Public land orders.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble and under the authority of 
43 USC 1740, the Appendix to chapter II of subtitle B of title 43 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations is removed in its entirety.


Appendix to Chapter II of Subtitle B  [Removed]

    Removed in its entirety.

    Dated: December 18, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-1183 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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