[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51554-51555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24844]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-070-1430-01; NMNM102473]
Notice of Realty Action: Notice of Termination of Recreation and
Public Purpose Classification and Opening Order and Direct Sale of
Public Land, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The notice terminates Recreation and Public Purpose
Classification NMNM030132 in its entirety and opens the land to entry
for direct sale pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713).
DATES: Effective Date: Termination of the Classification is effective
upon publication of notice. The land will be open to entry at 9:00 a.m.
on November 8, 1999.
Comment Dates: All comments must be received by November 8, 1999.
Interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed direct
sale/conveyance or classification of the land to the Bureau of Land
Management. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by
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the Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Manager, 1235 LaPlata
Highway, Farmington, NM 87401, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this
realty action. In the absence of any adverse comments, this realty
action becomes the final determination of the Department of the
Interior.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information related to this action,
including the environmental assessment, is available for review at the
Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Office, 1235 LaPlata
Highway, Farmington, NM 87401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Recreation & Public Purpose Patent,
1215015, was issued on December 6, 1960 to the San Juan County and the
lands will be conveyed back to the United States prior to the direct
sale. The public lands have been found suitable for disposal for direct
sale and will be sold to San Juan County pursuant to Section 203 of
FLPMA, at no less than fair market value. The land is described as
follows:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 29 N., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 38, lots 24 to 30, inclusive.
Containing 30.58 acres more or less.
The sale will be for the purpose of making the use of this land
more compatible with the existing fairgrounds and racing track. The
disposal is deemed necessary to allow the County consistent use of the
property. The disposal is consistent with the Bureau's planning
efforts, State and local government programs, and applicable
regulations. The land has been examined and is suitable for disposal by
direct sale pursuant to Section 203 of the FLPMA of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1713). The direct sale will be subject to:
1. A reservation to the United States of a right-of-way for ditches
or canals constructed by the authority of the United States in
accordance with the 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 mine and to remove the minerals, under applicable
laws and regulations to be established by the Secretary of the
Interior. A more detailed description of this reservation, which will
be incorporated in the document of conveyance.
3. Subject to such rights for pipeline purposes as the El Paso
Natural Gas Company may have under Section 28 of the Act of February
25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437) as amended by the Act of August 21, 1935 (49
Stat. 674).
4. Subject to reservation for a Federal Aid Highway under the Act
of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 212).
Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will terminate
the R&PP Classification and open the land to entry for direct sale and
segregate the public land from appropriation under the public land laws
including the mining laws but not the mineral leasing laws. This
segregation will terminate upon the issuance of a conveyance document,
270 days from date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or upon publication of a Notice of Termination, whichever
occurs first.
Dated: September 17, 1999.
Lee Otteni,
Field Manger.
[FR Doc. 99-24844 Filed 9-22-99; 8:45 am]
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