[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31759]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-1430-ES; N-74496 and N-74570]


Notice of Realty Action: Segregation Terminated, Leases/
Conveyances for Recreation and Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, interior.

ACTION: Segregation Terminated, Recreation and Public Purposes Leases/
Conveyances.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark 
County, Nevada was segregated for exchange purposes on July 23, 1997 
under serial numbers N-61855 and N-66364. The exchange segregations on 
the subject land will be terminated upon publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. The land has been examined and found suitable for 
leases/conveyances for recreational or public purposes under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The Clark County School District proposes to use 
the land for an elementary and a middle school.

Elementary School, N-74496:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada,

T. 20 S., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\ of lot 5. approximately 21.86 acres

Middle School, N-74570:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada,

T. 20 S., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\ of lot 5. approximately 21.86 acres

    Both schools are located near Carey Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. 
The land is not required for any federal purpose. The leases/
conveyances are consistent with current Bureau planning for this area 
and would be in the public interest. The leases/patents, when issued, 
will be subject to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and 
will contain the following 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. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the 
same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe and will be subject to:
    1. Easements in accordance with the Clark County Transportation 
Plan.
    2. Those rights for water line purposes which have been granted to 
the Southern Nevada Water Authority by Permit No. N-1521 under the act 
of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 0672).
    3. Those rights for gas pipeline purposes which have been granted 
to Southwest Gas Corporation by Permit No. Nev-061333 under the act of 
February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 0437, 30 USC 185 sec. 28).
    4. Those rights for telephone line purposes which have been granted 
to Sprint of Nevada by Permit No. N-75030 under the act of October 21, 
1976 (090 Stat. 2776, 43 USC 1761).
    Detailed information concerning these actions is available for 
review at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field 
Office, 4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada or by calling (702) 647-
5088. Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the 
above described land will be segregated from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining 
laws, except for lease/conveyance under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and disposal 
under the mineral material disposal 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 leases/conveyances for classification of the 
land to the Las Vegas Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4765 Vegas 
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for an elementary and a middle 
school. 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 applications and plans of 
development, whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures 
in reaching the decision, or any other factor directly related to the 
suitability of the land for an elementary and a middle school. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any 
adverse comments, these realty actions will become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior. The classification of 
the lands described in this Notice will become effective 60 days from 
the date of publication in the Federal Register.
    The lands will not be offered for leases/conveyances until after 
the classification becomes effective.

    Dated: November 26, 2001.
Rex Wells,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, NV.
[FR Doc. 01-31759 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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