[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3442]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[UT-040-06-1430-00; UTU-74777]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, recreation and public purpose 
conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Garfield County, Utah 
has been examined and found suitable for lease or conveyance under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Amendment Act of 1988, 
(Pub. L. 100-648). The land to be leased or conveyed and the proposed 
patentee is:

Patentee: Garfield County
    Location: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah T. 37 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 13, 
SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, containing 17.5 acres.

    This land is hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws.
    Garfield County proposes to use approximately 8 acres of this land 
for a maintenance shed and storage area, and approximately 9\1/2\ acres 
for a recreational facility. The land is not needed for Federal 
purposes. Conveyance or Lease is consistent with current BLM land use 
planning and would be in the public interest.
    The patent when issued will be subject to the following terms, 
conditions and reservations:
    1. All minerals, including oil and gas, shall be reserved to the 
United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove 
the same.
    2. A right-of-way will be reserved for ditches and canals 
constructed by the authority of the United States (Act of August 30, 
1890, 26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945).
    3. The conveyance will be subject to all valid rights and 
reservations of record.
    4. Garfield County will assume all liability for and shall defend, 
indemnify, and save harmless the United States and its officers, 
agents, representatives, and employees (hereinafter referred to as the 
United States), from all claims, loss, damage, actions, causes of 
action, expense, and liability resulting from, brought for, or on 
account of, any personal injury, threat of personal injury, or property 
damage received or sustained by any person or persons (including the 
patentee's employees), or property growing out of, occurring, or the 
release of hazardous substances from the above listed tract, regardless 
of whether such claims shall be attributable to: (1) The concurrent, 
contributory, or partial fault, failure, or negligence of the United 
States, or (2) the sole fault, failure, or negligence of the United 
States.
    5. Title may revert to the United States upon a finding, after 
notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the patentee has not 
substantially developed the lands in accordance with the approved plan 
of development on or before the date five years after the date of lease 
or conveyance, No portion of the land shall under any circumstance 
revert to the United States if any such portion has been used for solid 
waste disposal or for any other purpose which may result in the 
disposal, placement, or release of any hazardous substance.

DATES: Any comments shall be submitted by March 18, 1996. Comments may 
be sent to the District Manager, Cedar City District Office, 176 D. L. 
Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720. Any adverse comments will be 
reviewed by the State Director who may vacate or modify this realty 
action and issue a final determination. In the absence of any adverse 
comments, this notice will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior on [60 days after the date of publication].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Detailed information concerning this action is available for review at 
the Escalante Resource Area office by contacting Darrell Olsen, P.O. 
Box 225, Escalante, Utah 84726, or telephone (801) 826-4291.

    Dated: February 6, 1996.
A.J. Meredith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-3442 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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