[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49339-49340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-070-1430-01; NMNM96382]


Notice of Realty Action--Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act 
Classification, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of R&PP lease/patent of public land in San Juan County; 
New Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land is determined suitable for 
classification for leasing or conveyance to the Blanco Canyon Word of 
Faith Church Inc., Bloomfield, New Mexico under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.). The Blanco Canyon Word of Faith, Inc., proposes to use the land 
for a church with related buildings and recreational facilities.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 28 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 24, a portion of E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 5 acres, more or less.

COMMENT DATES: On or before November 4, 1996 interested parties may 
submit comments regarding the proposed leasing/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the Bureau of Land Management at the 
following address. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Bureau 
of Land Management, Farmington District Manager, 1235 LaPlata Highway, 
Farmington, NM 87401, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 
action. In the absence of any adverse comments, this realty action 
becomes the final determination

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of the Department of the Interior and effective November 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information related to this action, 
including the environmental assessment, is available for review at the 
Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District Office, 1235 LaPlata 
Highway, Farmington, NM 87401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice segregates the 
public land described above from all other forms of appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for 
leasing and conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws for a period of two (2) years 
from date of this publication in the Federal Register. The segregative 
affect will terminate upon issuance of the lease and patent to the 
Blanco Canyon Word of Faith, Inc., or two (2) years from the date of 
this publication, whichever occurs first.
    The lease, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. Provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 
(RCRA) as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6987 and the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 and all applicable regulations.
    3. Provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    4. Provisions that the lease be operated in compliance with the 
approved Development Plan.
    The patent, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:
    1. Reservation to the United States of a right-of-way for ditches 
and canals in accordance with 43 U.S.C. 945.
    2. Reservation to the United States of coal.
    3. All valid existing rights, e.g. rights-of-way and leases of 
record.
    4. Provisions that if the patentee or its successor attempts to 
transfer title to or control over the land to another or the land is 
devoted to a use other than that for which the land was conveyed, 
without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate, 
or prohibits or restricts, directly or indirectly, or permits it 
agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors, including without 
limitation, lessees, sublessees and permittees, to prohibit or 
restrict, directly or indirectly, the use of any part of the patented 
lands or any of the facilities whereon by any person because of such 
person's race, creed, color, or national origin, title shall revert to 
the United States.
    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Leasing and later 
patenting is consistent with current Bureau of Land Management policies 
and land use planning. The estimated time of lease issuance is December 
31, 1996, with the patent being issued upon substantial development 
taking place. The proposal serves the public interest since it would 
provide a church and recreation facilities that would meet the needs of 
the surrounding Navajo Indian population.

    Dated: September 13, 1996.
Ilyse K. Auringer,
Acting Assistant District Manager for Lands and Renewable Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-24004 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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