Notice2025-00006
Public Land Order No. 7957; Withdrawal of Public Land for the Protection of Three Recreation Sites; Oregon
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Published
January 7, 2025
Effective
January 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
Subject to valid existing rights, this order withdraws 103.92 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-administered public lands in Douglas County, Oregon from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for a period of 20 years to protect the unique recreational values at three public recreation sites. This Public Land Order (PLO) would also withdraw an additional 38.5 acres of non-Federal lands and an additional 21.20 acres of non-Federal subsurface mineral interests in the same manner described in the PLO, should the United States acquire such lands or interests in land in the future.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 1189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00006]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO #4820000251; OROR106205169; OROR-069823]
Public Land Order No. 7957; Withdrawal of Public Land for the
Protection of Three Recreation Sites; Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: Subject to valid existing rights, this order withdraws 103.92
acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-administered public lands in
Douglas County, Oregon from location and entry under the United States
mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal
leasing laws, for a period of 20 years to protect the unique
recreational values at three public recreation sites. This Public Land
Order (PLO) would also withdraw an additional 38.5 acres of non-Federal
lands and an additional 21.20 acres of non-Federal subsurface mineral
interests in the same manner described in the PLO, should the United
States acquire such lands or interests in land in the future.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on January 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Poff, Realty Specialist, BLM
Oregon/Washington State Office, at 503-808-6001, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e18d918e8787a1838d8ccf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5d9c5dad3d3f5d7d9d89bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>, or at the address noted above. 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 is to protect
the unique recreational values, as well as current and future site
improvements, at the BLM's Island Creek Recreation Area, Iron Mountain
Recreation Area, and Olalla-Thompson Day Use Recreation Area.
Improvements within these site locations range from gravel parking
areas and basic signage at the less developed areas, to paved parking,
restrooms, picnic tables, grills, fire rings, and trails at the Island
Creek Recreation Area.
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, the following described public
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, to protect three Bureau of Land Management
public recreation sites.
Iron Mountain Recreation Area
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 4, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, excepting that portion granted to the
railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).
The area described contains 36.60 acres.
Olalla-Thompson Creek Day Use Area
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 25.00 acres.
Island Creek Recreation Area
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 1, lot 5, excepting that portion of lot 5 granted to the
railroad under the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239).
The area described contains 42.32 acres.
2. The following described public lands with non-Federal mineral
interests, if mineral rights are acquired by United States, will be
subject to the terms and conditions of this withdrawal as described in
paragraph 1:
Island Creek Recreation Area
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 36, those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and
the S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-
water mark of the easterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly
boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May
6, 1896.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 1, that portion of the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying between the
ordinary high-water mark of the southwesterly bank of Cow Creek and
the southerly boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant
patent dated May 6, 1896.
The areas described aggregate 21.20 acres.
3. The following described non-Federal lands, if acquired by the
United States, will be subject to the terms and conditions of this
withdrawal as described in paragraph 1:
Island Creek Special Recreation Site
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
T. 30 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 36, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
excepting those portions of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and the
S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-water
mark of the easterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly boundary of
the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May 6, 1896.
T. 31 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 1, that portion of lot 5 granted to the railroad under the
Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, excepting
that portion of the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying between the ordinary high-
water mark of the southwesterly bank of Cow Creek and the southerly
boundary of the Oregon & California Railroad Grant patent dated May
6, 1896.
The areas described aggregate 38.50 acres.
The total areas described, including public and non-Federal
lands, aggregate 163.62 acres.
4. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
5. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted before 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)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2025-00006 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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