[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4470-4471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2158]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-070-7110-8389; NMNM97589]


Notice of Realty Action--Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act 
Classification, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of R&PP lease/patent of public land in San Juan County, 
New Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land is determined suitable for 
classification for leasing and patenting to the Lee/Hammond Water 
Treatment Plant (Lee/Hammond), Bloomfield, New Mexico under the 
provisions of the R&PP Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Lee/
Hammond proposes to use the land for water treatment facilities.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

    Containing 40 acres, more or less.

DATES: On or before March 16, 1998, interested parties may submit 
comments regarding the proposed leasing and conveyance, or 
classification of the lands to the Bureau of Land Management at the 
following address. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Bureau 
of Land Management, Farmington District Manager, 1235 LaPlata Highway, 
Suite A, Farmington, NM 87401, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 
realty action. In the absence of any adverse comments, this realty 
action becomes the final determination of the Department of the 
Interior and effective 60 days from publication date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information related to this action, including the environmental 
assessment, is available for review at the Bureau of Land Management, 
Farmington District Office, 1235 LaPlata Highway, Suite A, Farmington, 
NM 87401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice segregates the 
public land described above from all other forms of appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for 
leasing and conveyance under the R&PP Act and leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws for a period of two (2) years from date of this 
publication in the Federal Register. The segregative affect will 
terminate upon issuance of the lease and patent to Lee/Hammond, or two 
(2) years from the date of this publication, whichever occurs first.
    The lease, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:
    1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. Provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 
(RCRA) as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6987 and the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 and all applicable regulations.
    3. Provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    4. Provisions that the lease be operated in compliance with the 
approved Development Plan.
    The patent, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:
    1. Reservation to the United States of a right-of-way for ditches 
and canals in accordance with 43 U.S.C. 945.
    2. Reservation to the United States of all minerals.
    3. All valid existing rights, e.g., rights-of-way and leases of 
record.
    4. Provisions that if the patentee or its successor attempts to 
transfer title to or control over the land to another or the land is 
devoted to a use other than that for which the land was conveyed, 
without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate, 
or prohibits or restricts, directly or indirectly, or permits it 
agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors, including without 
limitation, lessees, sublessees and permittees), to prohibit or 
restrict, directly or indirectly, the use of any part of the patented 
lands or any of the

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facilities whereon by any person because of such person's race, creed, 
color, or national origin, title shall revert to the United States.
    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Leasing and later 
patenting is consistent with current Bureau of Land Management policies 
and land use planning. The estimated intended time of lease issuance is 
April 15, 1998, with the patent being issued upon substantial 
development taking place. The proposal serves the public interest since 
it would provide modern water treatment facilities that would meet the 
water needs of the public.

    Dated: January 22, 1998.
Joel Farrell,
Assistant District Manager for Resources.
[FR Doc. 98-2158 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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