[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1596]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-040-1430-01; UTU-76672]


Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; 
Utah

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public land, located in Washington County, Utah 
near the community of St. George, has been examined and found suitable 
for classification for lease or conveyance to Washington County under 
the provision of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. As amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et. seq.):

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 42 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 4, Lots 6, 7, and 8,
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\

    Containing 512.53 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Washington County proposes to use the land 
to construct, operate and maintain a shooting range. The land is not 
needed for Federal purposes. Leasing or conveying title to the affected 
public land is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would 
be in the public interest.
    The lease or patent, when issued, would be subject to the following 
terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and 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.
    4. Those rights for power line purposes granted to PacifiCorp and 
UAMPS by right-of-ways U-43523, U-71178 and U-72772.
    5. Those rights for natural gas line purposes granted to Questar by 
right-of-way U-62308.
    6. Those rights for water line purposes granted to St. George City 
by right-of-way U-60051.
    7. Those rights for fiber optic line purposes granted to U.S. West 
Communications by right-of-way U-72755.
    8. Those rights for highway purposes granted to Utah Department of 
Transportation by right-of-way U094803.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available at the 
office of the Bureau of Land Management, St. George Field Office, 345 
E. Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790. Upon publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated from all 
other forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the 
general mining laws, except for leasing or 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 
comments regarding the proposed classification, leasing or conveyance 
of the land to the Field Office Manager, St. George Field Office.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the lands for a shooting range 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 County's application, 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 shooting range 
purposes.
    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.

    Dated: January 8, 1999.
James D. Crisp,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-1596 Filed 1-22-99; 8:45 am]
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