[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4372]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-026-05-1430-10; AZA-29011; 5-00162]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Maricopa County, Arizona have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to the State of Arizona, Department of Administration, under 
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The State of Arizona proposes to use the lands 
for a correctional facility.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 2 S., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, all;
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 2 S., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 11, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8;
    Sec. 12, lot 1, E\1/2\, SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, all;
    Sec. 14, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8.

    Containing 3,958.96 acres.

    The lease and conveyance will be processed if found to be in the 
public interest and in compliance with current and ongoing BLM land use 
planning. The State of Arizona will be required to submit an 
environmental impact statement which the BLM will review and then make 
a final determination as to the suitability of the lease and 
conveyance.
    The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    4. Those rights for transmission line purposes granted to Arizona 
Public Service Company by Right-of-Way Numbers AZAR-004861 and AZA-
9002.
    5. Those rights the grazing permittee, Art Arnold, may have to 
continue his current grazing use for two years from receipt of a 
cancellation notice. (Grazing Record No. 022304)
    For detailed information concerning this action, contact Hector 
Abrego or Angela Mogel, at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, 
Lower Gila Resource Area, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona, 
(602) 780-8090.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease 
or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws. For a period of 45 days from the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested 
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Phoenix District 
Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a correctional facility. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land is 
physically suited for the proposal, whether the use will maximize the 
future use or uses of the land, whether the use is consistent with 
local planning and zoning or if the use is consistent with State and 
Federal programs.
    Application Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the specific use proposed in the application and plan of 
development, whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures 
in reaching the decision or any other factor not directly related to 
the suitability of the land for a correctional facility.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: February 15, 1995.
David J. Miller,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-4372 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]
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