[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10103-10104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4504]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-020-00-1430-01; AZA-31169]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands, are located in Maricopa County, 
Arizona, and found suitable for lease or conveyance under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869, et seq.). The lands are not needed for federal purposes. 
Conveyance is consistent with current Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
land use planning and would be in the public interest.
AZA-31169
    The following described lands, located near New River, Maricopa 
County, have been found suitable for Conveyance to the Flood Control 
District of Maricopa County for insertion in the flood plain.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 7 N., R. 2 E.
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 60.00 acres.

    The Conveyance would 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.
    2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    3. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    4. Those rights for a flood control structure granted to Flood 
Control

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District of Maricopa County by Right-of-Way number AZA-27767.
    5. Those rights as Richard and Anna Bragg, may have as to that 
portion of the Tee allotment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Mullenix at the Phoenix Field 
Office, 2015 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, (623) 580-
5540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 general mining 
laws, except for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of 
this Notice, interested parties may submit comments regarding the 
proposed lease, conveyance or classification of the lands to the Field 
Office Manager, Phoenix Field Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85027.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for: Insertion into the flood plain by the Flood Control 
District of Maricopa County. Comments on the classification are 
restricted to whether the land is physically suited for the proposals, 
whether the uses will maximize the future use or uses of the land, 
whether the uses are consistent with local planning and zoning, or if 
the uses are consistent with state and federal programs.

Application Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the specific uses 
proposed in the applications and plans 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 proposed uses. 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 in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: February 15, 2000.
Margo E. Fitts,
Assistant Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-4504 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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