Notice2024-16897
Public Land Order No. 7944; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7614 for Halliday Fen Research Natural Area, Washington
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Published
July 31, 2024
Effective
September 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7614 for an additional 20-year period. PLO No. 7614 withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands in the Colville National Forest near Metaline, Washington from location and entry under the United States mining laws to protect the Halliday Fen Research Natural Area (RNA). A Federal Register notice published on September 29, 2023, revised the legal land description and acreage written in PLO No. 7614 to reflect the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cadastral Survey's current standards for Specifications for Descriptions of Land.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61495-61496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16897]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WAOR 057423]
Public Land Order No. 7944; Extension of Public Land Order No.
7614 for Halliday Fen Research Natural Area, Washington
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by
Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7614 for an additional 20-year period. PLO
No. 7614 withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands in the
Colville National Forest near Metaline, Washington from location and
entry under the United States mining laws to protect the Halliday Fen
Research Natural Area (RNA). A Federal Register notice published on
September 29, 2023, revised the legal land description and acreage
written in PLO No. 7614 to reflect the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Cadastral Survey's current standards for Specifications for
Descriptions of Land.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, BLM
Oregon/Washington State Office, (503) 808-6249, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#573b2738313117353b3a79303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8be7fbe4ededcbe9e7e6a5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>. The US Forest Service can be reached at the Colville
National Forest Supervisor's Office, 765 South Main St., Colville,
Washington, 99114, (509) 684-7000. Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, blind, 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 extension of PLO No. 7614 is required in
order to continue the protection of
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the unique characteristics, sensitive fauna, hydrology, and research
values of the Halliday Fen RNA, which includes a marl fen, western red
cedar and western hemlock forests, and habitat for a variety of rare
plant and animal species. The RNA is also within the Salmo Priest
Grizzly Bear Management Unit, which is part of the Selkirk Grizzly Bear
Recovery Zone in Pend Oreille County, Washington.
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. PLO No. 7614 (69 FR 55448 (2004)), as corrected (88 FR 67349
(2023)), which withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands
from location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to
valid existing rights, to protect the Halliday Fen RNA, is hereby
extended for an additional 20-year period. The legal land description
and acreage was revised to reflect the BLM Cadastral Survey's
Specifications for Descriptions of Land, which is as follows:
Colville National Forest
Willamette Meridian
T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
Sec. 31, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
Together with portions of the following lands as specifically
identified and described by metes and bounds in the ``Boundary
Description for Halliday Fen Research Natural Area to be Withdrawn
from Mineral Location'' dated April 19, 2002, in the official
records of the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office and the Colville
National Forest Office, Colville, Washington:
T. 39 N., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 1, lot 1.
T. 40 N., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 36, E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 39 N., R. 44 E.,
Sec. 6, lots 2 thru 5, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
Sec. 30, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 31, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 32, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 646.37 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, the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall
be further extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-16897 Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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