[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5829-5830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-00; N-61466 and N-63104]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and public purpose lease/conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Nye County, Nevada, 
near Pahrump, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for lease/
conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the provisions of 
the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.). The Town of Pahrump proposes to use the land for 
development of a community fairground and rodeo complex, recreational 
complex, visitor information center, and municipal golf course. Section 
125 of Public Law 105-277, dated October 22, 1998, directs conveyance 
of the lands located south of the centerline of Highway 160 within T. 
20 S., R.54 E., sections 32 and 33 to the Town of Pahrump immediately 
upon completion of the requirements of the Act. The rodeo and 
fairground complex, recreational complex and visitor information center 
have been proposed to be located on these lands. The lands within T. 20 
S., R.54 E., section 19, will be leased with the option to patent and 
subject to the requirements of the R&PP Act. The municipal golf course 
is proposed for this site.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 20 S., R.54 E.,
    Section 32, portions of the NE\1/4\ and the N\1/2\SE\1/4\ south 
of the centerline of Highway 160
    Section 33, portions of lots 5,6,9,11,14 and 16, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ south of the centerline of Highway 160
    Section 19, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\

    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, 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.
    3. All valid and existing rights.
    4. Subject To: Those rights for highway purposes which have been 
granted to Nevada Department of Transportation, by right-of-way No. 
Nev-01849 pursuant to the Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 216).
    5. Those rights for utility purposes (water pipeline) which have 
been granted to Central Nevada Utilities, by right-of-way No. N-46681 
pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976 (FLPMA) as follows:
    6. Those rights for utility purposes (communications line) which 
have been granted to Nevada Bell, by right-of-way No. N-5689 pursuant 
to the Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1253).
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 
4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89108.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the above 
described land will be 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

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notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the proposed lease/conveyance for classification of the lands 
to the Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4765 Vegas Drive, Las 
Vegas, Nevada 89108.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for the proposed facilities. 
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 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 land for the proposed facilities.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director.
    In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the 
land described in this Notice will become effective 60 days from the 
date of publication in the Federal Register. The lands will not be 
offered for lease/conveyance until after the classification becomes 
effective.

    Dated: January 27, 1999.
Rex Wells,
Acting Field Manager, Las Vegas District.
[FR Doc. 99-2699 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P