[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27964]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-010-1430-00; -N-56125]


Notice of Realty Action: Assignment and Change of Use of Lease/
Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Assignment and change of use for lease N-56125 recreation and 
public purpose lease/conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The subject lease N-56125, was originally issued to St. Judes 
Ranch for Children, for the development and operation of a Good Shepard 
Campus. An assignment and change in use of the lease to the City of Las 
Vegas for a public park and ballfield complex is now being proposed.
    The following public lands in Clark County, Nevada, have 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 lands are needed 
for development of a public park and ballfield complex.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 40 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/
assigned, 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 well be subject to:
    1. Easements in favor of Clark County/ the City of Las Vegas for 
roads, public utilities and flood control purposes.
    2. Those rights for road purposes granted to Clark County by Permit 
No. CC-018138 under the Act of November 9, 1921.
    3. Those rights for highway purposes granted to the Nevada 
Department of Transportation by Permit No. N-46063 under the Act of 
August 27, 1958.
    4. Those rights for distribution and telephone lines granted to 
Nevada Power Company by Permit No. N-58721, and those rights for water 
main purposes granted to Las Vegas Valley Water District by Permit No. 
N-55369 pursuant to the Act of October, 21, 1976.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 
4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108.
    By publication in the Federal Register on May 27, 1994, the above 
described land was 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 assignment and change of use 
of the lands to the Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4765 Vegas 
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89108.
    Comments: Interested parties may submit comments involving the 
suitability of the land for the public park and ballfield complex. 
Comments on the proposal 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 lands for a public park and ballfield complex.
    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.

    Dated: October 7, 1998.
Rex Wells,
Assistant Field Office Manager, Division of Lands.
[FR Doc. 98-27964 Filed 10-16-98; 8:45 am]
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