[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50864-50865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24756]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-59733]


Amendment of Lahontan Resource Management Plan (RMP)/ Notice of 
Reatly Action, Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification, 
Washoe County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
has amended the Lahontan RMP to change the land tenure designation on 
120 acres of public land in Washoe County from retention to disposal. 
Notice is further given that this 120 acres of public land has been 
examined and is determined to be suitable for classification and 
conveyance to Washoe County pursuant to the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act of 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) for use as a 
bomb disposal and training facility.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land is hereby classified as 
suitable for conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
    Sec. 17, W\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the general mining laws, except for conveyance 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws.

Planning Protests: Any party that participated in the plan amendment 
and is adversely affected by the amendment may protest this action as 
it affects issues submitted for the record during the planning process. 
The protests shall be in writing and filed with the Director (760) 
Bureau of Land Management, 1800 ``C'' Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 
within 30 days of this notice.

Date and Addresses: 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 conveyance or classification 
of the land to the Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, 
Bureau of Land Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road, Carson City, Nevada 
89706. Objections will be reviewed by the District Manager who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action.

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 would include whether 
BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching the decision, 
or any other factor not directly related to the suitability of the land 
for a bomb disposal and training facility.

Supplementary Information: In the absence of objections, the 
classification will become effective 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the

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Federal Register. The land will not be conveyed until after the 
classification becomes effective. Conveyance of the public land to 
Washoe County for a bomb disposal and training facility is consistent 
with the amended land use plan and would be in the public interest. 
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. Planning documents and 
other pertinent materials may be examined at the Carson City District 
Office between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Further 
details can be obtained by contacting Jo Ann Hufnagle, Realty 
Specialist, at (702) 885-6000.

    Dated this 19th day of September, 1996.
James M. Phillips,
Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Carson City 
District.
[FR Doc. 96-24756 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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