[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15884-15885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7039]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-170-1430-ES: COC 62360]


Notice Of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification and Application; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau Of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following lands in San Juan County, Colorado, have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease and conveyance 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The purpose of the classification 
and application for R&PP lease and potential conveyance is to allow 
construction and operation of the Kendall Mountain Recreation Area, 
Silverton, Colorado.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 41 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 17: E\1/2\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4.\

    Lease and conveyance is consistent with current BLM land use 
planning and would be in the public interest. The lease/patent, if 
issued, would be subject to valid existing rights and 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. All minerals should be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    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 
and 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 written comments 
regarding the classification and proposed lease and conveyance of the 
lands to the Field Manager, San Juan Field Office, 15 Burnett Court, 
Durango, Colorado, 81301.

Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a recreation area. Comments 
on the Classification are restricted to whether

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the land is 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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clyde Johnson, San Juan Field Office, 
phone (970) 385-1352. Documents pertinent to this proposal may be 
reviewed at the San Juan Field Office, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, 
Colorado.

Kent Hoffman,
Associate Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-7039 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 am]
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