[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49479-49480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24102]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-59835]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Lyon County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following described land, comprising 5 acres, has been 
examined and is determined to be suitable for classification for lease 
or conveyance pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Mt. Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 18N., R. 24E.,
    Sec. 28, Lots 1 and 33.

(containing  5 acres)

DATES: The land will become segregated upon publication of this Notice 
in the Federal Register. Comments will be accepted on or before 
November 4, 1996. The land will not be offered for lease until November 
19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Ann Hufnagle, Bureau of Land 
Management, Carson City District Office, 1535 Hot Springs Road, Suite 
300, Carson City, Nevada 89706, (702) 885-6000. Detailed information 
pertaining to this action is also available for review at the BLM 
Carson City District Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fort Churchill Veterans of Foreign Wars 
(VFW) Post 2288 has submitted an

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application for a lease with an option to purchase the 5-acre parcel of 
land for construction of a veterans' memorial hall and associated 
facilities, including a rest area and play area. Lease/conveyance is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest. The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
following reservations to the United States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. All mineral deposits in the land so patented, and to it, or 
persons authorized by it, 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:
    Those rights for highway purposes granted to the Nevada Department 
of Transportation, its successors or assigns, by right-of-way CC-018095 
pursuant to the Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat 216).
    Those rights for buried gas pipeline purposes granted to Southwest 
Gas Corporation, its successors or assigns, by rights-of-way Nev-060169 
and N-32376 pursuant to the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat 437).
    Those rights for buried communication cable purposes granted to 
AT&T, it successors or assigns, by right-of-way N-46266 pursuant to the 
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761).
    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 but not the mineral 
leasing laws, the material disposal laws, or the Geothermal Steam Act. 
The segregation shall terminate upon issuance of a conveyance document 
or publication in the Federal Register of an order specifying the date 
and time of opening. For a period of 45 days after publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or classification to the 
Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land 
Management, Carson City District.

Classification Comments

    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

    Comments on the application should address the proposed use 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 veterans' 
memorial hall.
    Objections will be reviewed by the Carson City District Manager who 
may sustain, vacate or modify this realty action. In the absence of any 
objections, this realty action will become the final determination of 
the Department of the Interior.

    Dated this 11th day of September, 1996.
James M. Phillips,
Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Carson City 
District.
[FR Doc. 96-24102 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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