[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4594]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-090-1430-ET; WYW 88887]


Public Land Order No. 7691; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6665; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the withdrawal created by Public Land Order 
No. 6665 for an additional 20-year period. This extension is necessary 
to continue protection of the Bureau of Land Management's Britton 
Springs Administrative Site and Crooked Creek Natural Area in Big Horn 
County, Wyoming which would otherwise expire on March 6, 2008.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice MaChipiness, Bureau of Land 
Management, Billings Field Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101-4669, (406) 896-5263, or Sandra Ward, Bureau of Land 
Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101-4669, (406) 896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The withdrawal extended by this order will 
expire March 6, 2028, 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) (2000), the 
Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be further extended. 
Although the lands are located in Wyoming, they are administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office.

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    Public Land Order No. 6665 (53 FR 7187 (1988)), which withdrew 180 
acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under 
the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, to 
protect the Crooked Creek Natural Area/National Natural Landmark and 
the Britton Springs Administrative Site, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period until March 6, 2028.

    Dated: February 29, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-4594 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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