Idaho BOISE MERIDIAN PATETTE RIVER So much of the orders of June 10, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 21, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 21, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 N., R. 2 E., sec. 32, lot 7; sec. 33, lot 3. ST. JOE RIVER So much of the orders of December 18, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 91, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 91, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 46 N., R. 1 E., sec. 24, lot 2; sec. 25, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼. T. 45 N., R. 2 E., sec. 1, lots 9, 11, and 12; sec. 2, lots 9, 10, 11, and 12; sec. 4, lots 11, 13, and 14, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼; sec. 6, lot 9; sec. 12, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, NW. ¼ of NW. ¼. T. 46 N., R. 2 E., sec. 30, lot 4. T. 45 N., R. 3 E., sec. 5, lots 9, 11, and 15, SE. ¼ of NW. ¼, NE. ¼ of SW. ¼; sec. 14, lots 1 and 13, SE. ¼ of NE. ¼; sec. 15, E. ½ of NE. ¼, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼. T. 45 N., R. 4 E., sec. 10, lots 2, 3, and 4, SE. ¼ of NW. ¼, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼; sec. 11, lots 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7; sec. 15, lots 1, 2, and 3, SE. ¼ of NW. ¼; sec. 18, lots 4, 9, and 11. BOISE RIVER So much of the orders of March 24, 1910, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 132, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 132, as affects lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 2 N., R. 4 E., sec. 7, NW. ¼ of NE. ¼, SE. ¼ of NW. ¼. CRANE CREEK So much of the order of December 19, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 168, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 12 N., R. 3 W., sec. 24, N. ½ of NE. ¼, NW. ¼ of SW. ¼, S. ½ of SW. ¼ BLACKFOOT RIVER NO. 2 So much of the order of January 23, 1912, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 241, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 S., R. 43 E., sec. 30, SE. ¼; sec. 32, SE. ¼. T. 8 S., R. 43 E., sec. 2, W. ½ of NE. ¼. PAYETTE RIVER NO. 4 So much of the order of April 16, 1912, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 259, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 N., R. 1 E., sec. 15, lots 1 and 2. SNAKE RIVER So much of the order of June 27, 1912, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 283, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 5 S., R. 11 E., sec. 19, lot 4, and SE. ¼ of NE. ¼; sec. 20, lots 2 and 3; sec. 29, lots 2, 6, and 7; sec. 32, lots 2 and 3. T. 6 S., R. 12 E., sec. 7, lots 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10; sec. 8, lots 5, 6, 7, and 8; sec. 9, lots 3, 7, and 8. T. 6 S., R. 13 E., sec. 7, lots 3 and 5; sec. 17, lots 4 and 5; sec. 18, lots 5 and 6, NE. ¼ of NW. ¼, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼; sec. 20, lots 6 and 8,W. ½ of SE. ¼ of NW. ¼, W. ½ of E. ¼ of SE. ¼ of NW. ¼; sec. 21, lot 4; sec. 28, lots 6 and 7. COEUR D'ALENE RIVER So much of the order of October 18, 1912, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 295, as modified by order of modification approved January 8, 1913, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 48 N., R. 5 E., sec. 30, lots 6 and 8, S. ½ of SE. ¼; sec. 31, NE. ¼ of NW. ¼; sec. 34, lots 6, 7, 8, and 12. NORTH FORK OF COEUR D'ALENE RIVER So much of the order of January 29, 1913, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 338, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 51 N., R. 3 E., sec. 3, lot 10; sec. 9, lots 2, 3, 4, and 5; sec. 10, lots 1, 6, 7, and 10, SW. ¼ of NW. ¼, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼; sec. 11, lots 2 and 6; sec. 14, lots 1 and 2. T. 51 N., R. 4 E., sec. 31, lots 5, 7, and 10; sec. 32, SW. ¼ of SW. ¼. SALMON RIVER NO. 5 So much of the order of May 19, 1913, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 358, as interpreted by Power-Site Interpretation No. 4 approved April 1, 1921, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 24 N., R. 3 E., sec. 14, that part of lot 3 in H. E. No. 447; sec. 15, lot 1, and that part of lot 2 and NE. ¼ of SW. ¼ in H. E. No. 447. MARBLE CREEK So much of the order of January 13, 1914, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 410, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 41 N., R. 3 E., sec. 3, NW. ¼, NW. ¼ of SW. ¼; sec. 4, S. ½ of SW. ¼; sec. 8, E. ½ of NE. ¼, NW. ¼ of SE. ¼, SE. ¼ of SE. ¼; sec. 9, N. ½ of NW. ¼, W. ½ of SW. ¼; sec. 17, W. ½ of E. ½; sec. 20, W. ½ of NE. ¼, SE. ¼ of NE. ¼, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼, W. ½ of SE. ¼; sec. 29, NE. ¼, E. ½ of NW. ¼, E. ½ of SE. ¼, NW. ¼ of SE. ¼. T. 45 N., R. 3 E., sec. 25, W. ½ of NE. ¼, NW. ¼, NW. ¼ of SW ¼. sec. 35, N. ½ of NE. ¼, N. ½ of NW. ¼. COEUR D'ALENE LAKE So much of the order of February 11, 1915, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 475, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 46 N., R. 1 W., sec. 13, lot 1; sec. 24, lot 1. T. 48 N., R. 2 W., sec. 29, lot 8. T. 46 N., R. 3 W., sce. 3, lot S; and 8. T. 47 N., R. 3 W., sec. 12, lots 2, 4, and 5. SOUTH FORK OF BOISE RIVER So much of the order of November 30, 1915, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 513, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 1 N., R. 7 E., sec. 3, lots 5 and 6; sec. 10, NW. ¼ of SE. ¼. T. 1 N., R. 9 E., sec. 31, lot 11. T. 2 N. R. 10 E, sec. 18, lots 3, 4 , 6 and 7: sec. 24, lot 9. T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 34, NW. ¼ of NW. ¼. T. 2 N., R. 10 E., sec. 29, W. ½ of SW. ¼; sec. 32, NW. ¼ of NW. ¼. T. 3 N., R. 10 E., sec. 10, lots 7 and 8; sec. 11, lot 2, SW. ¼ of SE. ¼. T. 1 S., R. 8 E., sec. 8, lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; sec. 17, lots 1, 2, 3, and 6. COEUR D'ALENE LAKE So much of the order of August 31, 1917, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 654, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 46 N., R. 2 W., sec. 14, SW. ¼ of SE ¼, T. 48 N., R. 2 W., sec. 3, lot 5. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, March 26, 1930.
Executive Order 5312—Power-Site Restoration No. 436
Executive Brief • At a Glance
Idaho BOISE MERIDIAN PATETTE RIVER So much of the orders of June 10, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 21, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 21, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 N., R. 2 E., sec. 32, lot 7; sec. 33, lot 3.
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Herbert Hoover on March 26, 1930, this order concerns Power-Site Restoration No. 436. Idaho BOISE MERIDIAN PATETTE RIVER So much of the orders of June 10, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 21, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 21, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 N., R. 2 E., sec. 32, lot 7; sec. 33, lot 3. ST.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
Idaho BOISE MERIDIAN PATETTE RIVER So much of the orders of June 10, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 21, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 21, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 N., R. 2 E., sec. 32, lot 7; sec. 33, lot 3.
JOE RIVER So much of the orders of December 18, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 91, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 91, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 46 N., R. 1 E., sec. 24, lot 2; sec. 25, NE. ¼ of SE. ¼.
BOISE RIVER So much of the orders of March 24, 1910, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 132, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 132, as affects lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 2 N., R. 4 E., sec. 7, NW. ¼ of NE. ¼, SE. ¼ of NW. ¼.
CRANE CREEK So much of the order of December 19, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 168, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 12 N., R. 3 W., sec. 24, N. ½ of NE. ¼, NW. ¼ of SW. ¼, S. ½ of SW. ¼ BLACKFOOT RIVER NO. 2 So much of the order of January 23, 1912, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 241, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: T. 7 S., R. 43 E., sec. 30, SE. ¼; sec. 32, SE. ¼.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
Policy Areas & Topics
The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Confined strictly to internal federal jurisdiction, federal property, or direct military command.
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5312 (Mar. 26, 1930), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5312-power-site-restoration-no-436.