Land Management Bureau January 11, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This order withdraws 170 acres of National Forest System land from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a period of 20 years on behalf of the United States Forest Service to protect the Big Ice Cave, its subterranean water supply, and Federal improvements. The land has been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

This order revokes a Secretarial Order in its entirety as it affects approximately 266 acres of public land withdrawn on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration for Air Navigation Site No. 237 on Shuyak Island, Alaska. The land is no longer needed for air navigation purposes. The land is within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.