[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 27006-27007] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-12445] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AZ-050-99-1430-01; AZA 25991] Arizona: Notice of Realty Action; Bureau Motion Recreation and Public Purposes Classification; La Paz County, AZ AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following public land in the Town of Quartzsite, Arizona, has been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.): Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona T. 4 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 15, E\1/2\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/ 2\N\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW,\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\; Sec. 17, all; Sec. 20, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/ 2\SE\1/4\SE,\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE,\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/ 4\; Sec. 21, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\ excluding 23.969 acres under Recreation and Public Purposes classfication and lease AZA 22501; Sec. 22, lot 1, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/ 4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 23, N\1/2\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/ 2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/ 4\SE,\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/ 4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 26, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/ 4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/ 4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/ 4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/ 2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\; Sec. 28, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 29, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\. The areas described aggregate 3,023.05 acres, more or less. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is a motion by the Bureau of Land Management to make available land to support community expansion. This land is identified in the Yuma District Resource Management Plan, as amended, as having potential for disposal. Lease or conveyance of the land for recreational or public purposes would be in the public interest. Lease or conveyance of the land will 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. [[Page 27007]] 2. Rights-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the authority of the United States. 3. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land records at the time of lease/patent issuance. 4. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals. 5. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal lands and interests therein. Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing under the mineral leasing laws. DATES: By July 2, 1999, interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed classification of the land to the Field Manager, Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365, (520) 317-3200. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become effective on July 19, 1999. Upon the effective date of classification, the land will be open to the filing of an application under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act by any interested, qualified applicant. If, after 18 months following the effective date of classification, an application has not been filed, the segregative effect of the classification shall automatically expire and the lands classified shall return to their former status without further action by the authorized officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debbie DeBock, Realty Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, address above, telephone (520) 317-3208. Dated: May 12, 1999. Gail Acheson, Field Manager, Yuma. [FR Doc. 99-12445 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-M