[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8992-8993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4662]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-020-1430-ES, NMNM 107508, NMNM 103827]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes R&PP) Act 
Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Taos County, New Mexico have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to Taos County, under the provisions of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Taos County 
proposes to use the lands for waste transfer sites.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 24 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 33, within NENE.
    Containing approximately 2.5 acres.
T. 24 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 8: within SENE.
    Containing approximately 2.5 acres.

    The lands are not needed for Federal Purposes. Lease or conveyance 
is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The lease/conveyance, when issued, will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to 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.
    4. Those rights for a road right-of-way granted to New Mexico State 
Highway Department by Permit No. NM-027705.
    5. Those rights for a road right-of-way granted to New Mexico State 
Highway Department by Permit No. NMSF-0074775.
    6. Those rights for a buried telephone line granted to Valor 
Telecom of NM LLC by Permit No. NM-068575.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Taos Resource Area, 226 
Cruz Alta, Taos, NM 87571.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
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 in the Federal Register, interested 
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the Field Office Manager, BLM Taos 
Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for waste transfer sites for Taos County. 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

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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 the proposed use.
    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 in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Sam DesGeorges,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-4662 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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