[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23737]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-680-01-ES-4130; CACA 41804]


California Desert District, Notice of Realty Action, Public Use 
Classification; Classification of Public Lands for Recreation and 
Public Purposes, Serial Number Caca 41804, San Bernardino County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action CACA 41804, Classification of Public 
Land as Suitable for Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public 
Purposes.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in San Bernardino County, 
California has been examined and found suitable for classification for 
lease or conveyance to the San Bernardino County Consolidated Fire 
District, County Service Area (CSA) 70 under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 14N., R. 9E.
    Sec. 30, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;

    Containing 5.00 acres.

    The San Bernardino County Consolidated Fire District, CSA 70, a 
County government agency governed by the San Bernardino County Board of 
Supervisors, has filed an application to lease with the option for 
conveyance of the above described public land. The San Bernardino 
County Consolidated Fire District proposes to use the land for 
establishment of a fire station facility. The public land will be 
leased during the development stages. Upon substantial compliance with 
approved plans of development and management, the land will be 
conveyed.
    The land is not needed for Federal purposes. Lease or conveyance 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act is in the public interest 
and consistent with the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, as 
amended. The land is located approximately 65 miles northeast of 
Barstow, CA, in the small unincorporated community of Baker, CA, which 
is situated adjacent to Interstate 15. The site is physically suitable 
for the proposed use.
    The terms and conditions applicable to a lease conveyance are:
    A. Reservations to the United States.
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States. Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. The United States will reserve all mineral deposits in the land 
together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove such mineral 
deposits under applicable laws.
    B. The public land will be leased or conveyed subject to the 
following:
    1. Those rights for construction, operation and maintenance of the 
100 foot wide telegraph and telephone line granted to Pacific Telephone 
and Telegraph Company (now Pacific Bell), its successors or assigns, by 
right-of-way Serial No. CALA 0153023, pursuant to the Act of March 4, 
1911, as amended (36 Stat. 1253; 43 U.S.C. 961).
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the public 
land 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, interested persons may submit comments, regarding the proposed 
lease/conveyance of the lands, to the Field Manager, Barstow Field 
Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, CA 92311, (760) 252-6023. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed by the District Manager, California 
Desert District. In the absence of any adverse comments, this 
classification will become effective 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.

    Dated: August 20, 2001.
Timothy Read,
Barstow Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-23737 Filed 9-21-01; 8:45 am]
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