[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-020-4310-01; NMNM-99185/G-010-G9-0250]


A Direct Sale of Public Land to the Church of Spiritual 
Technology of Las Vegas, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public land has been found suitable for direct 
sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713) and at no less than the estimated 
fair market value. The land will not be offered for sale until at least 
60 days after the date of this notice.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 15 N., R. 22 E.,
    Section 27, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\

    The subject public land containing 40 acres, more or less will be 
sold to the Church of Spiritual Technology of Las Vegas, NM. The sale 
is the completion of an exchange agreement entered into with the Church 
of Spiritual Technology in 1992. The proposed sale is for surface 
rights only. The disposal is consistent with the Taos Resource Area 
Management Plan dated October 1988, state and local government 
programs, plans, and applicable regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Interested parties may submit comments on the direct 
sale by January 28, 1999.

ADDRESS: Comments should be sent to the Taos Field Office Manager, BLM, 
226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, NM 87571.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francina Martinez, BLM, Taos Field 
Office, 226 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM 87571, or at (505) 758-8851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The direct sale will be subject to:
    1. A reservation to the United States of a right-of-way for ditches 
or canals constructed by the authority of the United States in 
accordance with the 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 the minerals. A more 
detailed description of this reservation, which will be incorporated in 
the patent document or other document of conveyance is available for 
review at this BLM office.
    Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will segregate 
the public land from appropriations under the public land laws 
including the mining laws but not the mineral leasing laws. This 
segregation will terminate upon the issuance of a patent or other 
document of conveyance, 270 days from date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register or upon publication of Notice of 
Termination, which ever occurs first.
    Any adverse comments will be evaluated by the State Director who 
may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of 
any objections, this realty action will become the final determination 
of the Department of the Interior.
    Dated: December 4, 1998.
Alden Sievers,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-33014 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-AG-P