[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 65 (Monday, April 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 17706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7572]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-020-04-1430-ES; AZA-31787]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands, located in Maricopa County, 
Arizona, and found suitable for lease or conveyance under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869,et seq.). The lands are not needed for federal purposes. 
Lease or conveyance is consistent with current Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) land use planning and would be in the public interest.
    The following described lands, located in the City of Peoria, 
Maricopa County, Arizona, and containing approximately 160 acres, have 
been found suitable for lease or conveyance to the City of Peoria for 
open space and park and the Northern Municipal Operations Center (MOC) 
Development and Improvement Plan:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 5 N., R. 1 E.,
    Section 29, E\1/2\E\1/2\.

    The lease or conveyance would be subject to the following terms, 
conditions, and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    3. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Champion at the Phoenix Field 
Office, 21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, (623) 580-5526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of 
this Notice, interested parties may submit comments regarding the 
proposed lease, conveyance, or classification of the lands to the Field 
Manager, Phoenix Field Office, 21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 
85027.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for the proposed Northern Municipal Operations Center 
Development and Improvement Plan for the City of Peoria. Comments on 
the classification are restricted to whether the land is physically 
suited for the proposals, whether the uses will maximize the future use 
or uses of the land, whether the uses are consistent with local 
planning and zoning, or if the uses are consistent with state and 
federal programs.

Application Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the specific uses 
proposed in the applications and plans 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 proposed uses. 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 in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: March 2, 2004.
Teresa A. Raml,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-7572 Filed 4-2-04; 8:45 am]
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