[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16958-16959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7602]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-020-1430-ES, NMNM 99153, NMNM 80711]


Notice or Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 
have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to The American Legion Griego y Tafoya Post 62 and the 
Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church, both non-profit organizations, 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The American Legion Post 62 proposes 
to use the lands for a placement of a facility for the purpose of a 
meeting location and the Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church proposes 
to use the lands for a cemetery site.
American Legion Griego y Tafoya Post 62

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 28, lot 140.

Containing approximately 0.38 acres.
Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 34: lot 4.

Containing approximately 0.59 acres.
    The lands are not needed for Federal Purposes. Lease or conveyance 
is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The lease/conveyance, 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. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    4. Those rights for a cable transmission system granted to Mark 
Twain Cablevision Limited Partnership by Permit No. NM-65192 (American 
Legion lot).
    5. Those rights for domestic water system granted to Dixon Mutual 
Domestic Water Consumers Association by Permit No. NM-51413 (American 
Legion lot).
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Taos Resource Area, 226 
Cruz Alta, Taos, NM 87571.
    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 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 lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the Field Office Manager, BLM Taos 
Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a meeting facility for the American Legion Griego y Tafoya 
Post 62 or the Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church cemetery site. 
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.

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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 the proposed use.
    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.

    Dated: March 16, 2001.
Ron Huntsinger,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-7602 Filed 3-27-01; 8:45 am]
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