[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40430-40431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19616]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-943-1430:N-61015]


Notice of Realty Action: Conveyance for Recreation and Public 
Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and public purposes conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land near Moapa Valley, Clark 
County, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for conveyance for 
public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The Clark County 
Department of Public Works proposes to use the land for a solid waste 
transfer station.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 15 S., R. 67 E.,
    Sec. 16: E\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    Acreage: 160 acres.

    The entire amount of land described will not be required for the 
transfer station, likely no more than a total of 10 acres. The exact 
location will be determined through survey and the excess parcels 
removed from classification and segregation. The land is not required 
for any Federal purpose. The conveyance is consistent with current 
Bureau planning for this area and would be in the public interest. The 
patent, when issued will be subject to the provisions of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of 
the Interior, and will contain the following reservations to the United 
States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    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 such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe, and will be subject to: valid existing rights, 
if any.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas District, 
4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108. Upon publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, the above described land will be 
segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the public land 
laws, including the general mining laws, except from conveyance under 
the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws and disposals under the mineral material disposal

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laws. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the proposed conveyance for classification of the lands to 
the District Manager, Las Vegas District, 4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las 
Vegas, NV 89108.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a transfer station. 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 transfer station facility.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director.
    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 in the Federal Register. The lands will not be 
offered for conveyance until after the classification becomes 
effective.

    Dated: July 23, 1996.
Donette Gordon,


Acting Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96-19616 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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