[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4479-4480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2386]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-57818, N-60555]


Notice of Realty Action; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following described public lands in Elko County, Nevada, 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, including the mineral 
estate with no known value, have been determined to be suitable for 
disposal by exchange under Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 35 N., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1-4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\.
T. 36 N., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1-4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, All;
    Sec. 12, All;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, All;
    Sec. 26, All;
    Sec. 34, All;
    Sec. 36, All.
T. 37 N., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 14, All;
    Sec. 22, All;
    Sec. 24, lots 1-4, W\1/2\E\1/2\, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, All;
    Sec. 28, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1-4, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\; 
    
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    Sec. 36, lots 1-7, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.
T. 35 N., R. 69 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1-7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\.
T. 36 N., R. 69 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3, 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1-7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1-4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1-4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 37 N., R. 69 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, 5-8, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, All;
    Sec. 26, All;
    Sec. 30, lots 1-4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, All;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\N\1/2\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 16,626.4 acres, more or less.

    In exchange for these lands, the United States will acquire private 
lands within Elko County from Simplot Land and Cattle Company, located 
in the following townships:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 34 N., R. 68 E.
T. 35 N., R. 68 E.
T. 34 N., R. 69 E.
T. 35 N., R. 69 E.
T. 36 N., R. 69 E.
T. 37 N., R. 69 E.
T. 35 N., R. 70 E.
T. 36 N., R. 70 E.
T. 37 N., R. 70 E.

    A more detailed legal description can be found in the subject 
case file at the Elko District office. These private offered lands 
comprise 16,666.389 acres, more or less, and include three existing 
water rights (certificates 12368, 12641, and 12642) associated with 
the lands. The mineral estate of the private offered lands, owned by 
third parties, will not be conveyed under this action.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information concerning the 
exchange, including the environmental assessment, is available for 
review at the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office, 3900 E. 
Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the exchange is to 
consolidate the public land ownership pattern in this area to achieve a 
configuration more conducive to natural resource management by both 
parties. The resulting pattern of public land ownership will better 
support the BLM's objective of implementing management on an ecosystem-
wide basis, will eliminate or reduce management complexities caused by 
intermingled ownership of parcels in the area, and will contribute 
toward the implementation of the Wells Resource Area Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) of July, 1985. Consummation of the exchange will 
serve to acquire private lands which have high values for wildlife, 
cultural resources, historical, recreation, threatened, endangered, or 
candidate species, and water resources. The value of the lands to be 
exchanged is equal.
    The patent, when issued, will contain the following reservations to 
the United States:
    1. Oil and gas. A more detailed description of this reservation, 
which will be included in the patent document, is available for review 
at the Elko District office.
    2. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States; Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    The patent will be subject to:
    1. An easement for roads and public utilities in favor of Elko 
County on a strip of land thirty feet in width along the exterior 
boundary of each parcel.
    2. The following rights-of-way granted to the right-of-way holders, 
their successors, or assigns:

--N-39088, a powerline right-of-way held by Wells Rural Electric 
Company, granted pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976;
--N-41038, a powerline right-of-way held by Raft River Electric 
Company, granted pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976;
--N-47793, a telephone line right-of-way held by Beehive Telephone 
Company, granted pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976;
--N-52499, an access road right-of-way held by Elko County, granted 
pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976;
--N-60439, a range improvement fence right-of-way reservation held by 
the United States, granted pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976.

    The conveyance of public lands in T. 37 N., R. 69 E., sec. 18 will 
be made under the conditions of a conservation easement in order to 
protect the integrity of a wildlife improvement project and to preserve 
habitat characteristics within the section by precluding surface 
development for a period of thirty years.
    The disposal of the above described public land will result in the 
adjustment of the grazing preference of the following grazing permits:

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           Permittee                  Allotment           Adjustment    
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Larry Schutte..................  Big Springs........  0 AUMs.           
H&R Livestock..................  Leppy Hills........  +104 AUMs.        
Simplot Land & Cattle Co.......  Pilot..............  -697 AUMs.        
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    Simplot Land and Cattle Company was notified by letter dated June 
1, 1995 that this reduction would be necessary.
    The subject public lands have been segregated from all 
appropriations under the public land laws including the mining law.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the 
District Manager, Elko District Office, P.O. Box 831, Elko, NV 89803.
    All objections will be reviewed by the State Director, who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of timely 
filed objections, this realty action shall become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: January 26, 1996.
Helen Hankins,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-2386 Filed 2-5-96; 8:45 am]
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