[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42061-42062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21048]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-030-1430-00; COC-61230]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification and Application for Conveyance for Public Purposes, COC-
61230; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in San Juan County, Colorado have 
been examined and are suitable for classification for lease or 
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 conveyance is to allow for the use 
of the property described herein for an expansion of a cemetery by the 
Town of Silverton, Colorado.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 41 N., R. 7 W.,

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    Tract 38, lots AA and E.

    containing 6.13 acres more or less.

    A lease or 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 
or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 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 or 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 cemetery purposes. 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.

APPLICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments regarding 
the specific use proposed in the application and plan of development 
submitted by the Town of Silverton.
    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: Tom Hurshman, phone (970) 240-5345. 
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be reviewed at the Montrose 
District Office, 2465 South Townsend, Montrose, Colorado, 81401.

    Dated: July 29, 1998.
Jerry Jones,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-21048 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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