Notice2024-17381
Public Land Order No. 7946; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7608 for Chief Joseph Dam Additional Units Project, Washington
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Published
August 7, 2024
Effective
August 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7608 for an additional 20-year period. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO No. 7608 withdrew 400.27 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, and transferred jurisdiction over those lands to the United States Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the Chief Joseph Dam Additional Units Project for a period of 20 years.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 64478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17381]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WAOR106084175, WAOR 056583]
Public Land Order No. 7946; Extension of Public Land Order No.
7608 for Chief Joseph Dam Additional Units Project, 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. 7608 for an additional 20-year period.
Subject to valid existing rights, PLO No. 7608 withdrew 400.27 acres of
public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the
general land laws, including the United States mining laws, and
transferred jurisdiction over those lands to the United States
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the Chief Joseph Dam
Additional Units Project for a period of 20 years.
DATES: This Order takes effect on August 7, 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#036f736c656543616f6e2d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84e8f4ebe2e2c4e6e8e9aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>. For the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
contact Cindy Luciano, Civil Works Program Manager, USACE Seattle
District, (206) 316-4376, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdfed4d3d9c493f193f1c8ded4dcd3d2fdc8cedcded893dccfd0c493d0d4d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c380aaada7baed8fed8fb6a0aaa2adac83b6b0a2a0a6eda2b1aebaedaeaaaf">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 purpose of this extension is to continue
to reserve the use of the land for the USACE's water management
responsibilities at Chief Joseph Dam, which includes water impoundment
and storage, management of grazing, wildlife habitat and mitigation
areas, recreation, fire protection, public access, cultural resources,
and realty actions. The extension will be under the terms and
conditions agreed upon between the USACE and the Bureau of Land
Management and may be revised by consent of both parties.
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. 7608 (69 FR 48253), which withdrew 400.27 acres of
public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the
general land laws, including the United States mining laws, and
transferred jurisdiction over those lands to the United States
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period. The following lands are affected by this
Order:
Willamette Meridian, Washington
T. 29 N., R. 26 E.,
Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lot 2.
T. 30 N., R. 26 E.,
Sec. 25, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 27 E.,
Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 34, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 28 E.,
Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 14, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 400.27 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. 2024-17381 Filed 8-6-24; 8:45 am]
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