Notice2023-12212
Public Land Order No. 7925; Extension of a Withdrawal Created by Executive Order, Modified by Public Land Order No. 6458; Sitka Magnetic Observatory Site; Alaska
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Published
June 8, 2023
Effective
September 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Executive Order, as modified by PLO No. 6458 and extended by PLO No. 7581, for an additional 20-year term. The Executive Order as modified and extended withdrew 117.13 acres of public land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing laws, for the Sitka Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved the site for use by the United States Geological Survey as a magnetic and seismological observatory in Sitka, Alaska.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37571-37572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12212]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500170694; AA-26417]
Public Land Order No. 7925; Extension of a Withdrawal Created by
Executive Order, Modified by Public Land Order No. 6458; Sitka Magnetic
Observatory Site; Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the
withdrawal created by Executive Order, as modified by PLO No. 6458 and
extended by PLO No. 7581, for an additional 20-year term. The Executive
Order as modified and extended withdrew 117.13 acres of public land
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including
the mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing laws, for the Sitka
Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved the site for use by the United
States Geological Survey as a magnetic and seismological observatory in
Sitka, Alaska.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 6, 2023.
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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#3f5c544d5a56515a4d7f5d535211585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0d051c0b07000b1c2e0c020340090118">[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 for which the withdrawal was
first made requires this extension for continued use of the lands as a
magnetic and seismological observatory.
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, E.O. No. 8854 (6 FR 4181
(1941)), as modified by PLO No. 6458 (48 FR 40232 (1983)) and extended
by PLO No. 7581 (68 FR 52613 (2003)), which withdrew 117.13 acres of
public land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws,
including the mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing laws, for
the Sitka Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved it for use by the
United States Geological Survey as a magnetic and seismological
observatory in Sitka, Alaska, is hereby extended for an additional 20-
year period.
2. The withdrawal extended by this Order will expire on September
5, 2043, 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 further extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-12212 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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