[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11402]


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DEPARMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-1430-01; CA 37580 and R 2525]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Kern County, California have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to 
the County of Kern under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The lands will not be 
offered for conveyance until at least 60 days after publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 33 E.

Section 35
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Containing 120 acres.

AP# 296-070-18

    The County of Kern has filed applications to purchase a 120-acre 
parcel of public land occupied by an existing landfill and where buffer 
areas and a transfer station will be constructed. The landfill will be 
closing in 1997 concurrently with construction of the transfer station 
and the buffer areas. The transfer station will handle non-hazardous 
solid waste from residential, commercial and industrial sources.
    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Conveyance is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The patent 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 for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States; Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391; 
43 U.S.C. 945).
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    4. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of patent issuance.
    5. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure pubic access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield Field 
Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, California.
    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 
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, until July 26, 1997, interested persons 
may submit comments regarding the proposed conveyance or classification 
of the lands to the Field Office Manager, Bakersfield Field Office, 
3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a transfer station, landfill and buffer area. 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 a transfer station, landfill and buffer area.
    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.

    Dated: April 22, 1997.
Ron Fellows,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-11402 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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