[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1185]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-055-06-1430-01; CAAZCA 35669 and CAAZCA 35712]


Notice of Realty Action; Imperial County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Classification of Public Lands for Recreation and Public 
Purposes Leases, Imperial County, California.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Imperial County, 
California, has been examined and found suitable for classification for 
lease for public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Public land 
affected and the proposed land uses are identified as follows:

CAAZCA 35669--St. Paul's Episcopal Church

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 14 S., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 1, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ (within).

    Containing 2.00 acres, more or less.

CAAZCA 35712--Imperial Valley Hunting and Fishing Club, Inc.

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 14 S., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ (within).

    Containing 2.50 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The leases are consistent with current 
Bureau planning for this area and would be in the public interest. The 
leases, when issued, would be subject to the following terms and 
conditions:
    (1) Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    (2) Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, dated May 24, 
1977.
    (3) No new development will occur on the lease sites. Minimal 
improvements that could be floodproofed may be authorized. No major 
improvements to the facilities, except to maintain them in a safe and 
habitable condition, will be authorized. The leases will be terminated 
at such time as the facilities become inundated or their useful life is 
gone.
    (4) The land will not leave public ownership. In accordance with 
the Yuma District Resource Management Plan, approved February 1987, 
land in or adjacent to the floodplain will all be retained in Federal 
ownership to ensure that public opportunities for Colorado River 
recreation continue to be available in the future.
    (5) These leases, when authorized, do not confer any water rights 
upon the lessees. The lessees cannot make or create any consumptive use 
of Colorado River water, whether by diversion of surface flow, by 
underground pumping, or by any other means unless the lessees possess 
or acquire rights to the use of such water pursuant to contracts with 
the Bureau of Reclamation.
    (6) All rights granted under these leases are subject to existing 
rights in favor of the United States to install or construct revetments 
and other river control works or such other works as may be authorized 
by the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, as supplemented 
and amended, and the Colorado River Front Work and Levee System Act of 
June 28, 1946, 60 Stat. 338. There is also reserved to the United 
States the right to flood and seep said land as an incident to control 
of the water of the Colorado River.

DATES: January 25, 1996, the above described land will be segregated 
from all other forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the general mining laws, except for lease 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 classification for lease of the land to 
the Area Manager, Yuma Resource Area, 3150 Winsor Avenue, Yuma, Arizona 
85365.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a church camp facility and 
hunting/fishing facility. Comments on the classification are restricted 
to whether the land is physically suited for these actions, 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 church camp facility and hunting/fishing 
facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the District 
Manager, Yuma District Office. In the absence of any adverse comments, 
the classification of the land described in this Notice will become 
March 25, 1996. The land will not be offered for lease until after the 
classification becomes effective.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Realty Specialist Debbie DeBock, Yuma 
Resource Area Office, 3150 Winsor Avenue, Yuma, AZ 85365, telephone 
(520) 726-6300.

    Dated: January 19, 1996
Patricia A. Boykin,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-1185 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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