[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9192-9193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5311]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-068-06-1430-02; CACA 36686; 6-00160]


California Desert District, Barstow and Ridgecrest Resource 
Areas, Notice of Intent To Initiate Amendment to the California Desert 
Conservation Area Plan, Notice of Realty Action for Classification and 
Conveyance of Public Lands for Landfill Purposes, San Bernardino 
County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Initiate Plan Amendment and Environmental 
Assessment, and Notice of Realty Action for Classification and 
Conveyance of Lands for Landfill Purposes.

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SUMMARY: This action consists of the proposed conveyance (patent), 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (RPP) Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), of the following described public 
lands to the County of San Bernardino, a body corporate and politic of 
the State of California, for continuing use of established sanitary 
landfills (SLF) and establishment of a new waste transfer station:

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 2 N., R. 6 E.
    Sec. 20, lots 8, 9 and 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\,
    Sec. 21, lots 5 and 6, S\1/2\SW\1/4\,
    Sec. 28, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\NW\1/4\,
    Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 657.92 acres (Landers SLF).

T. 8 N., R. 3 E.
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 40.00 acres (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 1).

T. 8 N., R. 3 E.
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
    Sec. 15, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Containing 55.00 acres (Newberry SLF).

T. 8 N., R. 23 E.
    Sec. 7, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\,
    Sec. 18, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Containing 180.00 acres (Needles SLF).

T. 9 N., R. 3 E.
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 40.00 acres (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 2).

T.10 N., R. 2 E.
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\,
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 65.00 acres (Yermo SLF).

T. 3 N., R. 5 W.
    Sec. 13, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 80.00 acres (Hesperia SLF).

T. 6 N., R. 4 W.
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 490.00 acres (Victorville SLF).

T. 9 N., R. 1 W.
    Sec. 30, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\,
    Sec. 31, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\,
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 485.00 acres (Barstow SLF).

T. 1 S., R.10 E.
    Sec. 5, W\1/2\ lot 4, lot 5, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\,
    Sec. 6, E\1/2\E\1/2\ lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 107.25 acres (29 Palms SLF).

Mount Diablo Meridian, California

T.25S., R.42E.
    Sec. 13, unsurveyed (metes and bounds description).
T.25S., R.43E.
    Sec. 18, S\1/2\ lot 2, S\1/2\ lot 3, N\1/2\ lot 4, lot 5, lot 6.

    Containing 144.20 acres (Trona-Argus SLF).

    The above public lands aggregate 2,344.37 acres, more or less. The 
descriptions and acreage for the 29 Palms SLF and the Trona-Argus SLF 
will be revised by survey and approval of supplemental plats for the 
affected lands.
    Approximately 71 percent, or 1,676.94 acres, have been classified 
and leased for nine existing landfills since 1963-1965. Of the nine 
existing sanitary landfills proposed for conveyance, the lands 
described for six locations (Newberry, Yermo, Victorville, Barstow, 29 
Palms and Trona-Argus) include expansion areas aggregating 587.43 acres 
to meet future demands and new California State requirements for buffer 
zones. In addition, a new 40.00 acre transfer station, to be selected 
from the two alternatives described above, is proposed for the Newberry 
area. All sites are located in and serve communities of San Bernardino 
County. This action will consolidate the existing classifications, and 
classify all of the existing and additional lands as suitable for use 
under the RPP Act and to open the lands for conveyance for landfill 
purposes.
    This action also constitutes a Notice of Intent by the Bureau to 
initiate an amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) 
Plan to change the existing Multiple-Use Class (MUC) ``Limited'' 
designations at three locations (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 1, 
Newberry SLF, Yermo SLF) to ``Unclassified''. Public lands in the CDCA 
must be classified as either MUC M (moderate use) or be unclassified in 
order to be patented.
    An environmental assessment will be prepared to analyze the 
proposed plan

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amendment, and analyze the impacts of the suitability of public lands 
for classification and conveyance for landfill purposes under the RPP 
Act. A ``Landfill Transfer Audit'' (LTA) document will be prepared for 
each site/location. Following completion of the environmental 
assessment and upon signature of a Decision Record, and if the plan 
amendment as described above is approved, the classification of the 
public lands as suitable for conveyance will be effective, and the 
process to convey the public lands may be completed. Conveyance of the 
lands would be subject to the following terms, conditions and 
reservations:
    1. Provisions of the RPP Act and applicable regulations of the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right-of-way for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. All valid and existing rights documented on the official public 
land records at the time of patent issuance.
    4. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, the public 
lands described above are segregated from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, except for 
conveyance under the RPP Act and leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act. 
A notice terminating the segregation on lands not classified suitable 
for conveyance will be published.
    For information concerning these actions, contact Mike DeKeyrel 
(619-255-8730) or Edy Seehafer (619-255-8713), Barstow Resource Area, 
150 Coolwater Lane, Barstow, CA 92311. For a period of 45 days after 
the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested 
parties may submit comments to the Area Manager, Barstow Resource Area 
at the above address.

PLAN AMENDMENT COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
concerning the proposed amendments to the CDCA Plan for public lands at 
the proposed Newberry Transfer Station, and the existing Newberry and 
Yermo landfills.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the lands for sanitary landfill and/or 
transfer station purposes. Comments on the classification of lands are 
restricted to whether the lands are physically suited for the use, 
whether the use will maximize the use or future uses, whether the use 
is consistent with local planning and zoning, or whether the use is 
consistent with State or Federal programs.

APPLICATION/ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/CONVEYANCE COMMENTS: Interested 
parties may submit comments regarding the specific proposed use in the 
applications and plans of development, anticipated impacts of the 
proposal, and the Bureau's administrative procedure used in reaching a 
decision on conveyance of the public lands.

    Dated: February 27, 1996.
Bradley N. Blomquist,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-5311 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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