[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41411-41412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20230]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-61382]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Washoe County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following described land, comprising 26.56 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. 20 N., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\. 
(containing 26.56 acres )

DATES and ADDRESSES: The land will become segregated upon publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments will be accepted on or 
before September 15, 1997. The land will not be offered for lease until 
September 30, 1997. Interested persons may submit comments regarding 
the proposed Recreation and Public Purposes lease/conveyance or 
classification to the Assistant District Manager, Carson City District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road, Suite 300, 
Carson City, Nevada 89706. Comments, including names and street 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
above address during regular business hours. Individual respondents may 
request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street 
address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chuck Pope, Carson City District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
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 Washoe County School District has 
submitted an application for a lease with an option to purchase the 
26.56 acre parcel of land in Sun Valley, Washoe County, Nevada, for 
construction of an elementary school including classrooms, multi-
purpose room, a school library, computer room, and miscellaneous 
administrative offices, parking and bus loading/unloading areas, and a 
fenced playground area. Lease/conveyance is consistent with the current 
BLM land use planning and would be in the public interest. The lease/
conveyance, when issued, will be subject to the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act and all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of Interior, and the following reservations to the United 
States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority

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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 Interior.
    And will be subject to:
    Those rights for a buried water line granted to Sun Valley Water 
and Sanitary District, its successors or assigns, by right-of-way N-
56939 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 forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the general mining laws but not the mineral 
leasing laws, the mineral 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, Nonrenewable 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 or development, whether the BLM followed proper 
administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor 
not directly related to the land for an elementary school site. 
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 25th day of July, 1997.
Clifford D. Ligons,
Assistant District Manager, Nonrenewable Resources, Carson City 
District.
[FR Doc. 97-20230 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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