[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8528]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-015-96-1430-01; AZA-29525]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands located within the town of Colorado 
City, Mohave County, Arizona, have been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease or conveyance to the town of Colorado City 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.)

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 40 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 2.5 acres.

    The town of Colorado City proposes to use the lands for a cultural/
educational center to be constructed over and interpret an existing 
complex Virgin Anasazi pueblo. The lands are not needed for Federal 
purposes. Lease or conveyance is consistent with the Arizona Strip 
District Resource Management Plan, dated January 1992, and would be in 
the public interest. The lease/patent, 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.
    4. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease/patent issuance.
    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 and mineral leasing 
laws, except for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, as amended. Segregation shall terminate upon publication 
in the Federal Register of an opening order or upon issuance of a 
patent, whichever occurs first.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a cultural/educational 
center. 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 of the land for a cultural/educational center.

DATES: For the period from April 8, 1996, to May 20, 1996, interested 
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona Strip District, 390 N. 3050 E., St. George, UT 
84790. In the absence of any objections, this realty action will become 
the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Ford, Vermillion Resource Area 
Realty Specialist, 345 E. Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790; phone 
(801)628-4491, ext. 271.
Roger G. Taylor,
Arizona Strip District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-8528 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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