[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56342-56343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27924]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-61880]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following described public lands in Esmeralda County, 
Nevada have been examined and found suitable for classification for 
lease or conveyance to Esmeralda County under the provision of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act of June 14, 1926, as amended 
(43U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;

    Containing 20 acres more or less.


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    This action will make lands which are not needed for Federal 
purposes and are identified for disposal in the Tonopah Resource 
Management Plan, available to support community expansion. Lease or 
conveyance of the lands for recreational or public purpose use would be 
in the public interest. Detailed information concerning this action is 
available for review at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, 
Tonopah Field Station, 1553 South Main Street, Tonopah, Nevada. Lease 
or conveyance of the lands will be subject to the following terms and 
conditions:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid existing rights documents on the official public land 
records at time of lease/patent issuance.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    4. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the above 
described lands will be segregated from all 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 parties may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/
conveyance or classification of the lands to the Acting Assistant Field 
StationManager, Tonopah Field Station, P.O. Box 911, Tonopah, NV 89049.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a ballfield and related 
facilities. Comments on the classification are restricted to whether 
the land is physically suited for the proposal, 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 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 a ballfield and related facilities.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the land will 
become effective 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register. The lands will not be conveyed until after the classification 
becomes effective.

    Dated: October 1, 2001.
William S. Fisher,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Tonopah.
[FR Doc. 01-27924 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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