§2607 Protection of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands

Summary

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make sure that, on October 30, 2008 and again every 10 years after that, there are at least as many acres of two special kinds of BLM land in certain parts of Oregon as there were on October 30, 1998. The rule covers Oregon and California Railroad grant land and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land in a set group of BLM districts. Definitions: O & C land — land returned to the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 and managed by the Bureau of Land Management under the Act of August 28, 1937. CBWR land — land reconveyed to the United States under the Act of February 26, 1919 and managed by the Bureau of Land Management under the Act of August 28, 1937. Geographic area — the Medford, Roseburg, Eugene, Salem, Coos Bay districts and the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District as they were on January 1, 1998. Secretary — the Secretary of the Interior. The rule does not apply to land exchanges allowed by section 1028 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 if the exchange follows the February 19, 1998 memorandum of understanding between the Umpqua Land Exchange Project and the Association of Oregon and California Land Grant Counties.