[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27582-27583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12510]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-077-1430-ES; IDI-34149]


Notice of Realty Action, Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification, ID

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands, managed by the Bureau of 
Reclamation (BOR), in Minidoka County, Idaho have been examined and 
found suitable for classification for sale to the City of Rupert, Idaho 
(City), under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City proposes to use the land 
for the application of treated waste water from their existing waste 
water treatment plant by center pivot, wheel line and hand line 
sprinkler irrigation systems and to allow farming of the land via 
agreements with local farmers.

T. 8 S., R. 24 E., Boise Meridian
    section 34: S\1/2\SE\1/4\,NW\1/4\,SW3\1/4\,
    section 35: E\1/2\,SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 600 acres, more or less, in Minidoka 
County, ID.

    Approximately 100 acres of the parcel proposed for sale is 
currently being used for land application and farming purposes under a 
lease from the BOR to the City. The City is proposing to add two 
additional pivots as well as wheel lines and hand lines so as to 
provide approximately 565 acres of land application/farmed area within 
the 600 acre parcel.
    The above described lands are not needed for Federal (BOR) purposes 
in accordance with their land use planning and a notice has been filed 
with the BLM to revoke the reclamation withdrawals on these lands. The 
sale of these lands is consistent with the Monument Resource Management 
Plan and would be in the public interest.
    The R & PP Patent, 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.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the Burley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, 15 East 
200 South, Burley, Idaho.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all other forms or appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for sale 
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 classification or sale of the lands to the Field 
Office Manager, Burley Field Office, 15 East 200 South, Burley, Idaho 
83318.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for application of treated waste 
water. 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.

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    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 application of treated waste water.
    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: March 28, 2003.
Bernie Jansen,
Acting Burley Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-12510 Filed 5-19-03; 8:45 am]
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