[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 44645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21477]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; Utah [UT045-1430-ES; UTU-45941]

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), DOI.

SUMMARY: The following public lands, located in the city of St. George 
in Washington County, Utah, have been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease or conveyance to the Washington County School 
District under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et.seq.):

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 43 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 8, S1/2N1/2SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, S1/2SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4; containing 
7.50 acres.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Washington County School District 
currently leases land from the Bureau of Land Management for a bus 
garage and elementary school site in the Bloomington Hills area of St. 
George City. Additional space is needed for bus maintenance and 
parking. The School District proposes to expand their site to give them 
additional space. They have also proposed to construct a driver 
training course. Leasing or conveying title to these public land is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The lease or patent, when issued, 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. 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.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available at the 
office of the Bureau of Land Management, St. George Field Office, 345 
E. Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for leasing 
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 classification, 
leasing or conveyance of the land to the Field Office Manager, St. 
George Field Office.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
concerning the suitability of the lands for school purposes. 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 Washington County School 
District's 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 recreation and public purposes.
    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.

    Dated: August 7, 2001.
James D. Crisp,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-21477 Filed 8-23-01; 8:45 am]
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