[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33536-33537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16443]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-055-96-1430-01; AZA 15957, AZA 28915, and AZA 29255]

Arizona: Notice of Realty Action
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Classification of Public Land for Recreation and Public 
Purposes Leases/Conveyances, Yuma County, Arizona.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Yuma County, within the 
City of San Luis, Arizona, has been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease and conveyance under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Public land 
affected and the proposed land uses are identified as follows:
AZA 28915--San Luis Water Treatment Facility and Park
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 11 S., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 to 5, inclusive.

    Containing 27.24 acres, more or less.

AZA 15957--San Luis Library

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 11 S., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 1, north half of lot 11.

    Containing 1.05 acres, more or less.

AZA 29255--Gadsden District/AWC School Facility

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 11 S., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 14, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 14.41 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of San Luis (City), Arizona, and 
the Gadsden Elementary School District (with Arizona Western College--
AWC) have filed R&PP lease and conveyance applications for parcels 
within the City limits. The City intends to construct a library 
resource center, a water treatment facility, and a park. The School 
District and AWC plan to construct and share a school facility which 
will be an expansion of the existing elementary school. This land is 
identified in the Yuma District Resource Management Plan, as amended, 
as

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having potential for disposal. Lease and conveyance of the land for 
recreational or public purposes would be in the public interest.
    Lease and conveyance, when issued, will contain the following 
reservations to the United States:
    1. Rights-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the 
same under applicable law and regulations to be established by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    And will be subject to:
    1. The provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. Those rights for a public road granted to the Arizona Department 
of Transportation (AZPHX 78756) under the Act of July 26, 1866, Revised 
Statute 2477 (43 U.S.C 932).
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease and 
conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 
and material disposal laws.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: 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 Area Manager, Yuma Resource Area Office, 
2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365. Comments may address 
the suitability of the land for a library, a school, a water treatment 
facility, and a park. Comments on the classification are restricted to 
whether the land is physically suited for the above mentioned uses, 
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 Bureau of Land Management followed proper administrative 
procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor not directly 
related to the suitability of the land for a library, a school, a water 
treatment facility, and a park.

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 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. The lands will not be offered for lease and 
conveyance until after the classification becomes effective.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Curtis, Realty Specialist, Yuma 
Resource Area Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365, 
telephone (520) 317-3237.

    Dated: June 14, 1996.
Maureen A. Merrell,
ADM, Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-16443 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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