[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53406-53407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25524]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-160-1430-00-7509;COC-60329]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; Colorado

AGENCY: Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Gunnison County, Colorado have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to 
the County of Gunnison, Colorado under the provisions of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The County 
of Gunnison proposes to use the lands for a sanitary landfill.

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado Township 49 North, Range 1 
East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

Sec. 10; S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 11; Lots 9-11 inclusive, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 14; W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 15; N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;

    The area described aggregates 319.95 acres, more or less.

    A portion of the lands described, 150 acres, was previously 
classified as suitable for lease in 1983, and R&PP lease COC-35052 was 
issued to Gunnison County for a sanitary landfill. The County proposes 
to continue using the lands for a sanitary landfill. The lands are not 
needed for Federal purposes. Conveyance without reversionary interest 
is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The patent, when issued, will 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. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. The patentee shall comply with all Federal and State laws 
applicable to the disposal, placement or release of hazardous 
substances.
    4. The patentee shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States 
against any legal liability or future costs that may arise out of any 
violation of such laws.
    5. A provision stating that the landfill may contain small amounts 
of hazardous waste in the form of household or commercial materials.
    6. No portion of the land covered by such patent shall under any 
circumstance revert to the United States.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Gunnison Field Office, 
216 N. Colorado St., Gunnison, Colorado.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining laws, except

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for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
and leasing under the mineral leasing laws. For a period of 45 days 
from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed 
conveyance or classification of the lands to the Field Manager, Bureau 
of Land Management, Gunnison Field Office, 216 N. Colorado St., 
Gunnison, CO 81230.
    CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a sanitary landfill. 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 a sanitary landfill.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed September 24, 1999.
Barry A. Tollefson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-25524 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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