[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57903-57904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27985]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-063-5440-EQ-F502; N-62443]


Notice of Realty Action Nevada: Conveyance of Public Land for 
Airport Purposes in Lander County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Conveyance of Public Land for Airport Purposes in Lander 
County, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: The following public land in Lander County, Nevada has been 
found suitable for conveyance to Lander County for airport purposes 
under section 516 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 
U.S.C. 2215).

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 18 N., R. 42 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1-3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 19 N., R. 42 E.,
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 18 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 3 and 4.
T. 19 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 30, lot 4;
    Sec. 31, lots 1-4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 1205.09 acres

    Conveyance of the land is consistent with applicable Federal and 
County land use plans and will help meet the needs of Lander County. 
The land is not required for any Federal purposes and will not be 
conveyed until at least 60 days after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Lahr, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, 
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The airport is currently under lease (Nev-
057498) to Lander County, Nevada. The lease will be terminated prior to 
the proposed conveyance. The land is segregated by virtue of the 
existing airport lease. This notice continues the segregation of the 
above described public land from operation of the public land laws, 
including the mining laws. The segregative effect will end upon 
issuance of the conveyance. Patent, when issued, will contain the 
following reservations to the United States:
    1. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by authority 
of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890, (43 U.S.C. 945);
    2. All mineral deposits shall be reserved to the United States, 
together with the right to prospect for, mine, and

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remove such deposits under applicable laws and regulations as the 
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe;
    3. The property shall revert to the United States in the event the 
lands are not developed for airport or airway purposes or are used in a 
manner inconsistent with the terms of the conveyance.
    And will be subject to:
    1. Those rights for highway purposes granted to the Nevada 
Department of Transportation, its' successors or assigns, by right-of-
way CC-021379A, pursuant to the Act of August 27, 1958, as amended, (23 
Stat. 317).
    2. Those rights for telephone line purposes to Shoshone Telephone 
Cooperative, Inc., its' successors or assigns, by right-of-way N-7189, 
pursuant to the Act of March 4, 1911.
    3. Those existing Federal grazing permits, unless waived by the 
grazing permittee. Such grazing shall be valid for a period of 2 years 
from the date that the permittee has received notification of the land 
transfer. In accordance with Part 402(g) of the Act of October 21, 
1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752), the grazing permittees will receive 
reasonable compensation for the value of their interest in authorized 
permanent improvements.
    4. All other valid existing rights.
    And will contain the following Covenants:
    1. That the grantee will use the property interest for airport 
purpose, and will develop that interest for airport purposes within one 
to five years after the date of this conveyance, except that if the 
property interest is necessary to meet future development of an airport 
in accordance with National Plan of Integrated Airports System (NPIAS) 
the grantee will develop that interest for airport purposes on or 
before the period provided in the plan or within a period satisfactory 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and any 
interim use of that interest for other than airport purposes will be 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may 
prescribe.
    2. That the airport runway system and its appurtenant safety areas, 
and all buildings and facilities, will be operated for public airport 
purposes on fair and reasonable terms without unjust economic 
discrimination; or on the basis of race, color, or national origin, as 
to airport employment practices, and as to accommodations, services, 
facilities, or other public uses of the airport.
    3. That the grantee will not grant or permit any exclusive right 
forbidden by Section 308(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 
U.S.C. 1349 9(a), as amended), at the airport or at any other airport 
now owned or controlled by it.
    4. Agrees that no person shall be excluded from any participation, 
be denied any benefits, or be otherwise subjected to any discrimination 
on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or disability.
    5. Agrees to comply with all requirements imposed by or pursuant to 
Part 21 of the Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation (49 CFR 21)--nondiscrimination in federally assisted 
programs of the Department of Transportation--effectuation of Title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    6. That in furtherance of the policy of the Federal Aviation 
Administration under covenant, the grantee:
     Agrees that, unless authorized by the Administrator, it 
will not, either directly or indirectly, grant or permit any person, 
firm or corporation the exclusive right at the airport, or at any other 
airport now owned or controlled by it, to conduct any aeronautical 
activities, including, but not limited to, charter flights, pilot 
training, aircraft rental and sightseeing, aerial photography, crop 
dusting, aerial advertising and surveying, air carrier operations, 
aircraft sales and services, sale of aviation petroleum products 
whether or not conducted in conjunction with other activities which 
because of their direct relationship to the operation of aircraft can 
be regarded as an aeronautical activity;
     Agrees that it will terminate any existing exclusive right 
to engage in the sale of gasoline or oil, or both, granted before July 
17, 1962, at such an airport, at the earliest renewal, cancellation, or 
expiration date applicable to the agreement that established the 
exclusive right; and
     Agrees that it will terminate forthwith any other 
exclusive right to conduct any aeronautical activity now existing at 
such an airport.
    7. That any later transfer of the property interest conveyed will 
be subject to the covenants and conditions in the Instrument of 
Conveyance.
    8. That, if the covenant to develop the property interest (or any 
part thereof) for airport purposes within one year after the date of 
this conveyance is breached, or if the property interest (or any part 
thereof) is not used in a manner consistent with terms of the 
conveyance, the Administrator may give notice to the grantee requiring 
him to take specified action towards development within a fixed period. 
These notices may be issued repeatedly, and outstanding notices may be 
amended or supplemented. Upon expiration of a period so fixed without 
completion by the grantee of the required action, the Administrator 
may, on behalf of the United States, enter, and take title to, the 
property interest conveyed or the particular part of the interest to 
which the breach relates.
    9. That, if any covenant or condition in this instrument of 
conveyance, other than the covenant contained in paragraph 7 of this 
section, is breached, the Administrator may, on behalf of the United 
States, immediately enter, and take title to, the property interest 
conveyed or, in his discretion, that part of that interest to which the 
breach relates.
    10. That a determination by the Administrator that one of the 
foregoing covenants has been breached is conclusive of the facts; and 
that, if the right entry and possession of title stipulated in the 
forgoing covenants is exercised, the grantee will, upon demand of the 
Administrator, take any action (including prosecution of suit or 
executing of instruments) that may be necessary to evidence transfer to 
the United States of title to the property interest conveyed, or in the 
Administrator's discretion, to that part interest to which the breach 
relates.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register, interested parties may submit comments to the Field Manager, 
Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, NV 
89820. Any adverse comments will be evaluated by the State Director, 
who may sustain, vacate or modify this realty action and issue a final 
determination. In the absence of timely filed objections, this realty 
action will become a final determination of the Department of the 
Interior.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
M. Lee Douthit,
Associate Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-27985 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]
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