[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-456]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-97-1430-01; N-56717]


Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Classification; 
Nevada

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice terminates Recreation and Public Purposes 
Classification N-56717 in its entirety and provides for opening the 
land to disposal by exchange to American Land Conservancy, pursuant to 
section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 
21, 1976 (43 CFR 2200).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Frassa, Las Vegas District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV 
89108, (702) 647-5116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 22, 1995, a lease was issued to 
the Armenian Apostolic Church in Las Vegas for a church and community 
center pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (43 CFR 2740) 
for the following described land comprising 5 acres:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 21 S., R. 60 E.,
    SEC. 18, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The church and community center were not constructed and the 
proponent relinquished the lease on November 25, 1996. American Land 
Conservancy has requested the parcel in an exchange. The lands are 
segregated for exchange purposes by notation to the public land records 
and will remain closed to other forms of disposition.
    Pursuant to Recreation and Public Purpose Act of July 25, 1979 (43 
CFR 2740), classification of the above described lands, serial number 
N-56717, is hereby terminated in its entirety. And in accordance with 
section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 
21, 1976, (43 CFR 2200), and the Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act 
of August 20, 1988, (43 CFR Parts 2090 and 2200), the land will remain 
closed to all other forms of appropriation including the mining and 
mineral laws, pending disposal of the land by exchange.

    Dated: December 30, 1996.
Michael F. Dwyer,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-456 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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