[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25902-25903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12127]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-057-1430-01) COC-49757]


Notice of Realty Action--Fremont and Chaffee Counties

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action COC-49757, Recreation and Public 
Purpose Classification, Application to Amend Lease, and Opening Order, 
for the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act Lease, Chaffee, and Fremont Counties, Colorado.

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SUMMARY: After completing an environmental assessment the following 
public lands are classified as suitable for lease under the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) of July 14, 1926, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 
869 et. seq., and the regulations thereunder 43 CFR 2740 and 2912. The 
public lands involved are segregated from the public lands including 
the general mining laws, except for the R&PP Act.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 14 S., R. 78 W., section 23 that portion of the NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\MW\1/4\ west of Chaffee 
County Road 102 consisting of approximately 12 acres known as the 
Collegiate Peaks Gateway, Chaffee County.
T. 15 S., R. 78 W., section 12 SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ consisting of 
approximately 10 acres known as Ruby Mountain, Chaffee County.

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 49 N., R. 10 E., section 28, that portion of lots 6, 7, 10, and 
11 lying north of U.S. Highway 50 right of way and south of the 
Union Pacific Railroad right of way consisting of approximately 35 
acres known as Point Bar, Fremont County.
T. 48 N., R. 11 E, section 35, that portion of lots 17, 18, 19, and 
20 lying south of the Arkansas River and north of the U.S. Highway 
50 right of way consisting of approximately 5 acres known as Canyon 
Trading Post, Fremont County.

    These four properties will be leased as part of the Arkansas 
Headwaters Recreation Area administered jointly between the BLM and 
the Colorado State Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Normal 
terms, conditions, and standard stipulations will apply. In 
addition, the lease will be subject to valid existing rights, and a 
program of monitoring stream banks, riparian and wetland vegetation, 
soil erosion, runoff sediment, upland vegetation, and the success of 
any rehabilitation projects. The following public lands have been 
leased under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. The 
environmental assessment also determined that these parcels should 
be removed from the lease. The lease is now amended and the lease of 
these parcels is terminated to that extent and the associated 
classifications are hereby terminated as authorized under 43 CFR 
2741.5(h)(2):

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 18 S., R. 72 W., section 21, a portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ containing approximately 2 acres known 
as Bootlegger, Fremont County, T. 18 S., R. 72 W, section 14, a 
portion of lot 2 containing approximately 2 acres known as Parkdale, 
Fremont County.

    The following lands were classified but never leased as planned 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. The classification is 
hereby terminated as authorized by 43 CFR 2741.5(h)(2):

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 18 S., R. 71 W., section 18, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
portions of the W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ 
lying west of the threat of the Arkansas River containing 
approximately 140 acres known as the Parkdale South parcel.

    At 10 a.m. on July 1, 1999, the three parcels described above 
known as Bootlegger Parkdale, and Parkdale South shall be opened to 
the operation of public land laws, including the United States 
mining laws, subject top valid existing rights, to the extent that 
the existing R&PP classification segregated the sites.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments on this action on or 
before June 15, 1999. Objections will be reviewed and this realty 
action may be sustained, vacated, or modified. Except as vacated or 
modified, this realty action will become final effective July 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: District Manager, Canon City District Office, or Area 
Manager, Royal Gorge Resource Area, 3170 E. Main St., Canon City, CO 
81212. Telephone (719) 269-8500; TDD (719) 269-8597.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Hallock, Realty Specialist 
Phone: (719) 269-8536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Classification comments--interested parties 
may submit comments involving the suitability of the land for the 
purposes stated. Comments on the classification are restricted to 
whether the land is physically suited for the proposal, whether the use 
will maximize future use or uses of the land, whether the use is 
consistent with local planning and zoning, or if the use if 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

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administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor 
not directly related to the suitability of the land for the proposals.
    This action is in response to applications by the Colorado State 
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreations. Lease of the lands will not 
be authorized until after the classification becomes effective. Lease 
of the lands for recreational use would be subject to the following 
terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease issuance.
    3. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein.
Adrian Neisius,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc 99-12127 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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