[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33947-33948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16468]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-61891]


Notice of Realty Action: Classification and Conveyance for 
Recreation and Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and public purpose conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Lincoln County, Nevada 
has been examined and found suitable for 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.). Lincoln County 
proposes to use the land for a Solid Waste Disposal Site.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 3 S., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 18, S2SW.

    Containing 80 acres, more or less.

    The land is not required for any federal purpose. The conveyance is 
consistent with current Bureau planning for this area and would be in 
the public interest. The 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.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Ely District Field 
Office, 702 N. Industrial Way, Ely, 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 Conveyance under 
the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

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leasing under the mineral leasing laws and disposals 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 Conveyance for 
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Ely District, 
HC33, Box 33500, Ely, Nevada 89301.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a solid waste disposal facility. 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 solid waste disposal site.
    Comments received on the classification will be answered by the 
State Director with the right to further comment to the Secretary. 
Comments on the application will be answered by the State Director with 
the right to appeal to the IBLA. 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 Conveyance until after the 
classification becomes effective.

    Dated: June 9, 1998.
Gene A. Kolkman,
District Manager, Ely, NV.
[FR Doc. 98-16468 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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