[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23455]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(AZ-024-05-1430-01; AZA-1232 and AZA-16865)


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Maricopa County, Arizona have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to 
Arizona Game and Fish Department under the provision of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Conveyance is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    (1) AZA-1232. The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently 
leasing the following described lands for an archery range associated 
with the Ben Avery Shooting Range.

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 6N., R. 2E.,
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 120 acres.

    (2) AZA-16865. The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently 
leasing the lands described below for their Mesa Regional Office.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1N., R. 7E.,
    Sec. 18, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, that portion lying North of 
University Road.

    Containing 8.89 acres.

The patents, 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.
    In addition to the above, the following will also be subject to the 
following terms, conditions and reservations as it effects the 
identified case.
(AZA-1232)
    1. Those rights for transmission line purposes granted to Arizona 
Public Service Company by Right-of-Way number AZA-22432.
(AZA-16865)
    1. Those rights for power transmission/irrigation project purposes 
granted to the Bureau of Reclamation Regional Office by Right-of-Way 
number AZPHX-086506.
    2. Those rights for road (University Drive) purposes granted to 
Maricopa County, Department of Transportation by Right-of-Way number 
AZAR-035348.
    3. Those rights related to the withdrawal to the Bureau of 
Reclamation for Salt River Project by serial number AZA-13014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Andersen, bureau of Land 
Management, Phoenix Resource Area Office, 2015 West Deer Valley road, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85027. telephone (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 
parties 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 the purposes described above. 
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 for an archery range associated with the Ben Avery 
Shooting Range and the Arizona Game and Fish Department Mesa Regional 
Office.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective 60 day from the date of publication in the Federal Register.

    September 14, 1995.
David J. Miller,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-23455 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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