Notice2023-11783
Public Land Order No. 7922; Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area; Alaska
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Published
June 2, 2023
Effective
June 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws approximately 4,560 acres of National Forest System lands near Juneau, Alaska, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for a 20-year period, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the recreational and natural resource values of the lands adjacent to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area as the Mendenhall Glacier recedes.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 36333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11783]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[223.LLAK941200.L1440000.ET0000; AA-95542]
Public Land Order No. 7922; Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area;
Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws approximately 4,560
acres of National Forest System lands near Juneau, Alaska, from
location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for a 20-year period, subject
to valid existing rights, to protect the recreational and natural
resource values of the lands adjacent to the Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area as the Mendenhall Glacier recedes.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on June 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State
Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504,
(907) 271-4205, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c0c8d1c6cacdc6d1e3c1cfce8dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="36555d44535f58534476545a5b18515940">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 established by
this PLO is to maintain the natural setting and protect the
recreational and natural resource values as the Mendenhall Glacier
recedes and leaves additional lands unprotected adjacent to an existing
withdrawal created in 1952 by PLO No. 829. The lands remain open to
other uses at the discretion of the Authorized Officer.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by section 204(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714 (d), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry
under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, and reserved for protection of the recreational and
natural resource values of lands in the vicinity of the Mendenhall
Glacier:
Copper River Meridian, Alaska
Tongass National Forest
T. 39 S, Rs. 65 and 66 E, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 2, U.S. Survey No. 1536, Alaska.
Thence, along the record courses of PLO 829, N 18[deg]30' W, a
distance of 160 chains; Thence, N 55[deg]00', a distance of 100
chains, to the Point of Beginning of the Mendenhall Glacier
Withdrawal; Thence, N 26[deg]00' E, a distance of 110 chains;
Thence, N 78[deg]30' E, a distance of 260 chains; Thence, S
8[deg]30' E, a distance of 133 chains; Thence, S 33[deg]00' W, a
distance of 90 chains; Thence, S 77[deg]00' W, a distance of 101
<plus-minus> chains, to the boundary of PLO 829; Thence, along said
boundary on the following courses, N 20[deg]00' W, a distance of 24
<plus-minus> chains; Thence, N 45[deg]00' W, a distance of 80
chains; Thence, West, a distance of 110 chains, to the Point of
Beginning of the Mendenhall Glacier Withdrawal, containing 4,560
<plus-minus> acres.
2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to 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.)
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-11783 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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