[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23567]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-064-05-1430-00, CACA 37102]


Notice of Realty Action Transfer of Public Lands; Kern County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purpose Act 
Patent, Kern County, California.

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SUMMARY: The following described land has been examined and found 
suitable for classification for patent to Kern County under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

Mount Diablo Meridian

T.27S., R.39E.,
     Section 11: E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\
    E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\
    NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\
     Section 12: W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\
    NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\
    N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

    Containing 120 acres of public land, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The County of Kern has applied for land for 
a buffer and water diversion structure to protect the site currently 
leased for the Ridgecrest Landfill. The lands are not needed for 
Federal purposes, and conveyance would be consistent with the 1980 
California Desert Conservation Area Plan, as amended. The lease and 
conveyance of the land would be subject to the following terms and 
conditions:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purpose Act and 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right of way to the United States for ditches and canals, 
pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    3. A reservation of all minerals to the United States, and the 
right to prospect, mine and remove the minerals.
    Publication of this Notice in the Federal Register segregates the 
public lands from all other forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws and the general mining laws, but not the mineral leasing laws 
or the Recreation and Public Purpose Act. Detailed information 
concerning this action is available for review at the California Desert 
District, 6221 Box Springs Blvd., Riverside, CA 92507. For a period of 
45 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register 
interested parties may submit comments to the District Manager, 
California Desert District, in care of the above address. Objections 
will be reviewed by the State Director, who may sustain, vacate, or 
modify this realty action. In the absence of any adverse comments, the 
classification will become effective 60 days after publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 5, 1996.
James L. Williams,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-23567 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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