[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27985-27986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12918]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-040-7122-00-5513; AZA 28793]


Notice of Proposed Exchange of Lands in Cochise County, Graham, 
Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties, AZ

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 Safford Exchange Project. The following 
described public land is being considered for disposal by the United 
States:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 6 S., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R., 26 E.,
    Sec. 19, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lot 1, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, part of SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, part of W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, part of W\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, part of E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1-5, inclusive;
    Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1-5, inclusive, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1-7, inclusive, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 4-9, inclusive, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
T. 6 S., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 3-10, inclusive, lots 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, Part of Tract 37, part of 
MS4590;
    Sec. 2, lots 5-10, inclusive, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 3 and 6, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1-4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, All;
    Sec. 10, All;
    Sec. 11, All;
    Sec. 12, lots 5-13, inclusive, NW\1/4\, part of Tract 37, Tract 
38;
    Sec. 14, All;
    Sec. 15, All;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/2\.
T. 5 S., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, All.
T. 6 S., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 5, 12, 13 and 14, Part of MS4590;
    Sec. 7, lots 9 and 12, part of Tract 37;
    Sec. 9, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lots 1, 3, 4 and 5, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, lots 5-9, inclusive, part of tract 37;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 15,000 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 15, 1994. In exchange the United States will 
acquire the following described land from Phelps Dodge Corporation:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 18 S., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 24, lots 1-4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
T. 20 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 25, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 27 E.,
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ excluding 5 acres, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\.
T. 14 S., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,963.00 acres.

    More detailed information concerning the proposed exchange may be 
obtained by contacting Tom Terry, 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. [[Page 27986]] 
    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. 95-12918 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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