[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49788-49789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24232]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-018-096-1430-02; NMNM 95857]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance of Santa Fe County, under the provisions of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Santa Fe 
County proposes to use the lands for a Fire Substation, Public Works 
Substation and Fire Fighters Training Facility.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 20 N, R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 21, 22, and 23.

    Containing approximately 15 acres.

    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Lease or conveyance 
is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The lease/conveyance, when issued, will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right-of-way of for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the

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right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Taos Resource Area, 226 
Cruz Alta, Taos, NM 87571.
    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, except for lease 
or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws. For a period of 45 days from the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested 
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands of the District Manager, BLM Albuquerque 
District Office, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a Fire Substation, Public Works, and Fire Fighters 
Training Facility. 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 purposed use.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.
Michael R. Ford,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-24232 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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