[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 26735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12232]



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 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-040-7122-00-5514; AZA 28789]


Notice of Proposed Exchange of Lands in Greenlee, Pima, and 
Cochise Counties, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management is 
considering a proposal to exchange land pursuant to Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), as 
amended. The exchange has been proposed by the Phelps Dodge Corporation 
and is referred to as the Morenci Exchange Project.
    The following described public land is being considered for 
disposal by the United States:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 4 S., 28 E.,
    Sec. 12, part of MS4256A.
T. 3 S., R., 29 E.,
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\E\1/2\, NW\1/4\; (mineral estate only)
    Sec. 15, all;
    Sec. 21, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\; (mineral estate 
only)
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\; S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\; (mineral estate only)
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\; (mineral estate only)
    Sec. 26, lots 1, 2, 3 and 5, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1-5, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1-6, inclusive, lot 10, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, part of SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1, 4, 5, and 8, W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, part of MS3098, part of SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 9-12, inclusive, lots 17 and 18.
T. 4 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 1, part of lot 4, part of MS4224A;
    Sec. 5, lot 11, part of NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 2, 11 and 21, part of MS 3343, part of SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 8, 15, 16, 19, and 20, part MS4256-A, part of NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, part of NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 4, 6, and part of lot 7;
    Sec. 11, lots 8 and 9;
    Sec. 12, lots 11, 12 and 14, part of MS 4245-C;
    Sec. 17, part of lot 9, part of NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, part of N\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, part of lots 8, 9 and 10, lots 18-21, inclusive, part 
of NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 3 and 9, part of lots 4, 8, and 10, part of SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, part of SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
part of S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, part of SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 12, lots 2, 3 and 4, N\1/2\N\1/2\ of lots 5, 6 and 7, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 5,061 acres.

    Subject to valid existing rights, the public land identified above 
has been segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, 
mineral laws, and mineral leasing laws for a period of five years 
beginning on December 19, 1994.
    In exchange the United States will acquire the following described 
land from Phelps Dodge Corporation:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 19 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\.
T. 14 S., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\E\1/2\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 30, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,200.00 acres.

    More detailed information concerning the proposed exchange may be 
obtained from Scott Evans, Project Manager, Safford District Office, 
711 14th Avenue, Safford, Arizona 85546, (520) 428-4040 or, William J. 
Ruddick, Team Leader, Arizona Exchange Team, Phoenix District Office, 
2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, (602) 780-8090.
    Interested parties may submit comments concerning the proposed 
exchange to the District Manager, Safford District Office at the above 
Safford address. In order to be considered in the environmental 
analysis of the proposed exchange, comments must be in writing to the 
District Manager and be postmarked within 45 days after the initial 
publication of this notice.

    Dated: May 9, 1995.
William T. Civish,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-12232 Filed 5-17-95; 8:45 am]
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