[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45679-45680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22893]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-320-1430-01-CA-38592]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Modoc County, California have 
been

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examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to the 
County of Modoc under the provisions of the Recreation Public Purpose 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The county of Modoc proposes 
to use the lands for a tactical shooting range.

Mount Diablo Meridian

T39N, R13E
W2NESW, W2SW, SESW, W2W2SWSE, W2E2NESW, of Section 11

    Containing 150 acres, more or less.

    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, 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 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 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, Alturas Resource Office, 708 
West 12th Street, Alturas, CA 96101, (916) 233-4666.
    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 in the Federal Register, interested persons may submit 
comments regarding the proposed conveyance or classification of the 
lands to the address above.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a tactical shooting range. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land is 
physically suited for the proposal, whether the use will maximize the 
future use 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 shooting range.
    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: August 21, 1997.
Scott Lieurance,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22893 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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