[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13810-13811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6837]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Exchange Proposal; Proposed Exchange of Lands in Elko, 
Eureka, and Humboldt Counties, Nevada N-59716

    United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Elko District, 3900 E. Idaho St., Elko, Nevada 89801.
    Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management is 
considering a proposal to exchange land pursuant to Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), as 
amended. The exchange has been proposed by Newmont Gold Company.
    Newmont Gold Company has proposed to exchange to the United States 
the following described private land or interest in land:

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Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 31 N., R. 51 E.,
    Section 3, that part lying Northwesterly of a line parallel with 
and 200 feet distant Northwesterly from the center line of Central 
Pacific Railways Company's Railroad as now constructed;
    Section 9, that part of SE\1/4\ North of a line parallel with 
and 100 feet distant Northerly of central line of Western Pacific 
Railways Company's railroad as now constructed.
T. 32 N., R. 54 E.,
    Section 1, All (lot 1 thru 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\), less three 
parcels;
    Section 11, All; Section 15, All.
T. 33 N., R. 54 E.,
    Section 13, That portion lying west of the center of the channel 
of the South Fork of the Humboldt River;
    Section 23, All, less two parcels;
    Section 25, All, less one parcel;
    Section 27, All, less one parcel;
    Section 35, All.
T. 33 N., R. 55 E.,
    Section 19, All.
T. 41 N., R. 57 E.,
    Section 22, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Section 27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 43 N., R. 57 E.,
    Section 2, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 11, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Section 14, W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Section 15, E\1/2\E\1/2\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 22, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Section 23, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 26, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    Comprising 7,795 acres, more or less.

    In exchange, the United States would transfer title to an acreage 
of equal value, as determined by appraisal and in accordance with the 
procedures found in 43 CFR 2201.6, from the following described pool of 
public land:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 39 N., R. 43 E.,
    Section 5, All;
    Section 8, All, less and excepting Patent No. 27-96-0036;
    Section 9, W\1/2\;
    Section 17, N\1/2\;
    Section 32, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 36 N., R. 50 E.,
    Section 21, SW\1/4\.
T. 33 N., R. 51 E.,
    Section 12, All;
    Section 14, All.
T. 34 N., R. 51 E.,
    Section 16, All;
    Section 20, All;
    Section 22, W\1/2\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 35 N., R. 51 E.,
    Section 30, E\1/2\.
T. 32 N., R. 52 E.,
    Section 25, All.
T. 33 N., R. 52 E.,
    Section 5, lot 4 (a portion thereof), SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ (a portion thereof);
    Section 8, All;
    Section 18, All.
T. 32 N., R. 53 E.,
    Section 21, All;
    Section 23, All;
    Section 25, W\1/2\;
    Section 26, All;
    Section 29, S\1/2\; Section 31, lot 1 thru 18, NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\; Section 35, lot 1 thru 4, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\.

    Comprising 11,611.57 acres, more or less.

    Subject to valid existing rights, the public land identified above 
has been segregated from appropriation under the public land laws and 
mineral laws.
    In accordance with 43 CFR 4110.4-2(b), this Notice of Exchange 
Proposal constitutes 2 years' prior notification to grazing permittees 
affected by this action. Completion of the exchange may result in 
adjustments to the permitted use on public lands within the following 
grazing allotments:

Bullhead;
Leppy Hills;
UT/NV #1 North;
Pilot;
    East Big Springs;
West Big Springs.

    More detailed information concerning the proposed exchange may be 
obtained from Robert Marchio, Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, 
3900 E. Idaho St., Elko, Nevada 89801, (702) 753-0200.
    Interested parties may submit comments concerning the proposed 
exchange including notification of any liens, encumbrances, or other 
claims relating to the lands being considered for exchange to the Field 
Manager, Elko District, at the above address. In order to be considered 
in the environmental analysis of the proposed exchange, comments must 
be in writing to the Field Manager and postmarked or delivered within 
45 days of initial publication of this notice.

    Dated: March 9, 1999.
Helen Hankins,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-6837 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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