[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66662-66663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33139]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-050-1430-00; GP8-0059]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District, Oregon.


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ACTION: Notice to authorize the continued use of public lands for 
recreation purposes.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Klamath County, Oregon have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease to the La Pine 
Rodeo Association under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The La Pine Rodeo 
Association proposes to use the lands for a community rodeo grounds. 
This proposal would allow for the continued use that has been occurring 
for ten years under a similar lease. The lands involve about 20 acres 
and are described as:

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 23 S., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; (that portion lying north of the county 
road),

    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. The renewal of this 
lease is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in 
the public interest.
    The lease, when issued, will be subject to the following:
    1. The provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to 
all applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. State and local planning and zoning ordinances.
    3. The Management Plan approved by BLM.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District, 
3050 NE Third, Prineville, Oregon, 97754.
    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 lease 
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 in the Federal Register, interested persons 
may submit comments regarding the proposed lease or classification of 
the lands to the District Manager, Prineville District Office, P.O. Box 
550, Prineville, Oregon 97754.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a community rodeo grounds. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the use will 
maximize the future use of 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 my 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 community rodeo grounds.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective February 17, 1998.

    Dated: December 10, 1997.
Donald L. Smith,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-33139 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]
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