[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1999-2000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-622]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-7122ES F666; N-76468-01]


Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and 
Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and public purpose lease/conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The lands described below are currently withdrawn from 
location and entry under the mining laws and from operation under the 
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws under Sec. 4(c) of the 
Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (Pub. L. 105-263), BLM 
serial number N-66364. The land has been examined and found suitable 
for lease/conveyance for recreation or public purposes under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The State of Nevada proposes to use the land for a 
Cooperative Extension Office.

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Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

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    T. 22 S., R. 61 E., M.D.M.

    Containing 17.5 acres, more or less, located at Windmill Road 
and Maryland Parkway.

    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The lease/
conveyance is consistent with current Bureau planning for this area and 
is in the public interest. The lease/patent, 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 roadway purposes which have been granted to 
Clark County by Permit N-42999 under the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761).
    3. Those rights for roadway purposes which have been granted to 
Clark County by Permit No. N-57458 under the Act of October 21, 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1761).
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 
4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 lease/conveyance for classification of the lands to the 
Las Vegas Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines 
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130-2301.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a Cooperative Extension Office. 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 a Cooperative Extension Office. 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, this realty 
action will become the final determination of the Department of the 
Interior. The classification of the land 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 lease/conveyance until 
after the classification becomes effective.

    Dated: November 13, 2003.
Sharon DiPinto,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, NV.
[FR Doc. 04-622 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am]
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