[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54450-54451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21394]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-070-02-1430-ES; AZA 31566]


Arizona: Notice of Realty Action; Lease and Conveyance of Public 
Lands in Mohave County, Lake Havasu City, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Classification of public land for recreation and public 
purposes lease and conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Mohave County, Arizona, 
has been examined and found suitable for classification in accordance 
with section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and Executive 
Order No. 6910, as suitable for lease and disposal under the provisions 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.):

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 13 N., R. 19 W.,
    sec. 20, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
    Containing 40 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lake Havasu City (LHC) has filed an R&PP 
application requesting the described land to be made available to meet 
recreational and public purposes of the community. The LHC proposes to 
use the land for development of sports fields for public soccer, 
football, playground,

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picnic areas, dog park, a trail, and for other related recreational 
events. Lease and conveyance of the land for recreational and public 
purposes would be in the public interest and is consistent with the 
Yuma Resource Management Plan, 1985, which identifies the land as 
potentially suitable for disposal. The land is not required for any 
Federal purposes.
    Lease and conveyance (patent) when issued 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, together with the right to prospect for, mine and 
remove such deposits from the same under applicable law and regulations 
to be established by the Secretary of the Interior.
    And will be subject to:
    1. The provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.

Segregation

    Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease and 
conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 
and mineral material disposal laws.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for sports fields for public soccer, football, playground, 
picnic areas, dog park, and trail. 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 the 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 Bureau 
of Land Management followed proper administrative procedures in 
reaching the decision, or any other factor not directly related to the 
suitability of the land for sports fields for public soccer, football, 
playground, picnic areas, dog park, and trail.

DATES: For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this 
Notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
to the Field Manager, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater Avenue, 
Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406. Any adverse comments will be reviewed 
by the Arizona State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, 
the classification of the land described in this Notice will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the 
Federal Register. The land will not be offered for lease and conveyance 
until after the classification becomes effective.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the address below during regular 
business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except 
holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you 
wish to withhold your address from public review or from disclosure 
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests will be honored 
to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Realty Specialist Maria Rosalez, 
Bureau of Land Management, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater 
Avenue, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406 or telephone (928) 505-1227.

    Dated: June 27, 2002.
Donald Ellsworth,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-21394 Filed 8-21-02; 8:45 am]
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