[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33419]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ES-931-1430-01; MIES-047725]


Public Land Order No. 7374; Partial Revocation of Executive Order 
dated December 9, 1852, and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Michigan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive order insofar as it affects 
44.04 acres of public land withdrawn for the use by the United States 
Coast Guard for lighthouse purposes. The land is no longer needed for 
lighthouse purposes. In accordance with Public Law 104-208, this order 
also transfers jurisdiction of 33.08 of these acres to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service for inclusion in the National Wildlife 
Refuge System. The remaining 10.96 acres have been conveyed out of 
Federal ownership.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Ruda, Management Analyst, Bureau of 
Land Management, Eastern States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, 
Virginia 22153, 703-440-1663.
    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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Executive Order dated December 9, 1852, which withdrew land 
for lighthouse purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described land:

Whitefish Point Light Station

Michigan Meridian

T. 51 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 32, lots 6, 7, and 8 (formerly lot 4).

    The area described contains 44.04 acres in Chippewa County.
    2. In accordance with Public Law 104-208, subject to valid 
existing rights, the administrative jurisdiction of the following 
described land is hereby transferred from the United States Coast 
Guard to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service:

Michigan Meridian

T. 51 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 32, lot 8.

    The area described contains 33.08 acres in Chippewa County.
    The land will be included in the National Wildlife Refuge System 
and managed in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. 668dd (1994). Future use of the land 
shall be in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 
5505 of Public Law 104-208.
    3. The following described land has been conveyed out of Federal 
ownership to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and the 
Michigan Audobon Society in accordance with Section 5505 of Public 
Law 104-208:

Michigan Meridian

T. 51 N., R. 5 W.,
    Sec. 32, lot 6 and 7.

    The area described contains 10.96 acres in Chippewa County.
    This is a record clearing action only.

    Dated: November 30, 1998.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-33419 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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