[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2666-2667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1383]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-030-1430-PE; NMNM101473]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; New Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of realty action: Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act classification.

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SUMMARY: The following public land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico has 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to Gadsden Independent School District (GISD), New Mexico 
under the provision of the R&PP Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.). GISD proposes to use the land for an elementary school site.

T. 26 S., R. 5 E., NMPM
    Section 13, part of the S1/2SE1/4NE1/4

    Containing approximately 20 acres.


DATES: Comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification must be submitted on or before March 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the BLM, Las Cruces Field Office, 
1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gilda Fitzpatrick at the address above 
or at (505) 525-4454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lease or conveyance will be subject to the 
following terms, conditions, and reservations.
    1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the 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 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 R&PP Act and leasing under the mineral leasing 
laws. On or before March 4, 2002 , interested persons may submit 
comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or classification of 
the land to the District Manager, Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 
Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005. Any adverse comments will be 
reviewed by the State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, 
the classification will become effective March 19, 2002.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for an elementary school 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.
    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 an elementary school.

    Dated: October 15, 2001.
Leonard T. Brooks,
Acting Field Manager, BLM Las Cruces Field Office.
[FR Doc. 02-1383 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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