[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5515]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-00; N-37113]


Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public 
Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and Public Purpose Lease/conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in T. 19 S., R. 60 E., 
section 31, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, Clark County, Nevada has been 
examined and found suitable for lease/conveyance for recreational or 
public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City of Las Vegas 
proposes to use the land for a city park.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    section 31 W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Containing 20.00 acres, more or less.

    The land is not required for any federal purpose. The lease/
conveyance is consistent with current Bureau planning for this area and 
would be in the public interest. The lease/patent, when issued, will be 
subject to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and will 
contain the following reservations to the United States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove such deposits from the 
same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe and will be subject to:
    3. An easement along the north (50) fifty feet, the west thirty 
(30) feet, the south thirty (30) feet, and the east thirty (30) feet of 
the west half (W\1/2\) of the northeast quarter (NE\1/4\) of the 
northwest quarter (NW\1/4\) of section 31, Township 19 South, Range 60 
East, M.D.M., Clark County, Nevada, together with a spandrel area in 
the northwest corner thereof, concave southeasterly, having a radius of 
twenty-five (25) feet and being tangent to the south line of said north 
fifty (50) feet and tangent to the east line of said west thirty (30) 
feet, and together with a spandrel area in the southwest corner 
thereof, concave northeasterly, having a radius of fifteen (15) feet 
and being tangent to the east line of said west (30) feet and tangent 
to the north line of said south thirty (30) feet; together with a 
spandrel area in the southeast corner thereof; concave northwesterly, 
having a radius of fifteen (15) feet and being tangent to the north 
line of the south thirty (30) feet and tangent to the west line of the 
east fifty (30) feet. and together with a spandrel area in the 
northeast corner thereof; concave southwesterly, having a radius of 
twenty-five (25) feet and being tangent to the west line of the east 
thirty (30) feet and tangent to the south line of the north fifty (50) 
feet.
    4. Those rights for right-of-way purposes which have been granted 
to the City of Las Vegas by Permit No. N-51823 as amended, and to Clark 
County and N-58560 to Clark County under the Act of October 21, 1976, 
(PL 94-579).
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas District, 
4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the above 
described land will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except 
for lease/conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws and disposal under the mineral 
material disposal laws.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the proposed lease/conveyance for classification of the lands 
to the District Manager, Las Vegas District, P. O. Box 26569, Las 
Vegas, Nevada 89126.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a city park for the City of 
Las Vegas. 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 park site for the City of Las Vegas.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director.
    In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the 
land described in this Notice will become effective 60 days from the 
date of publication in the Federal Register. The lands will not be 
offered for lease/conveyance until after the classification becomes 
effective.

    Dated: January 15, 1998.
Cheryl A. Ruffridge,
Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Las Vegas, NV.
[FR Doc. 98-5515 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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