[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20574]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-030-1430-00; COC61614]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification and Application for Recreation Development, COC61614; 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Delta County, Colorado have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease and conveyance 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The purpose of the classification 
and application for R&PP lease and potential conveyance is to allow 
recreational development on the public land by the City of Delta, 
Colorado for use as a golf course.

Sixth Principal Meridian

T.14S., R.95W.
    Sec. 30: SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
    Sec. 31: NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T.14S., R.96W.
    Sec. 36: lot 1 (NE\1/4\SE\1/4\).

    Containing 120 acres.

    Lease and conveyance is consistent with current BLM land use 
planning and would be in the public interest.
    The lease/patent, if issued, would be subject to valid existing 
rights and 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.
    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 
and 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 of this notice 
in the Federal Register, interested persons may submit written comments 
regarding the classification and proposed lease and conveyance of the 
lands to the District Manager, Montrose District Office, 2465 South 
Townsend, Montrose, CO 81401.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for recreational purposes for use 
as a golf course. Comments on the classification are restricted to 
whether the land is 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.
    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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Pfifer, Uncompahgre Basin Resource 
Area, phone (970) 240-5316. Documents pertinent to this proposal may be 
reviewed at the Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area Office, 2505 South 
Townsend, Montrose, Colorado.

    Dated: July 28, 1998.
Mark Stiles,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-20574 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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