Executive Order 8496—Modifying Executive Order of March 28, 1924, Creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 16

DESCHUTES RIVER, OREGON

MODIFICATION NO. 414

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that the Executive Order of March 28, 1924, creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 16, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Federal Power Commission to issue permits, and licenses and amendments thereof for power projects on the unsurveyed tracts in T. 23 S., R. 6 E., Willamette Meridian, Oregon, all portions of which, when surveyed, shall lie within one quarter of a mile of Odell Lake, on condition that use of the power projects shall be discontinued without liability or expense to the United States or its licensees when found by the Secretary of the Interior to be in conflict with project works authorized by the United States.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 26, 1940.