[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43706-43707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14945]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-080-1430-ES; UTU-79052]


Classification and Conveyance of Public Lands for Shooting Range 
Purposes, Uintah County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Public lands located in Uintah County, Utah, have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance 
to Uintah County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) for a public shooting 
range complex.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Hatch, BLM Realty Specialist at 
(435) 781-4454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Uintah County proposes to use the following 
described public lands in Uintah County, Utah to construct, operate and 
maintain a public shooting range complex. The land is not needed for 
Federal purposes. Leasing or conveying title to the affected public 
land is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in 
the public's interest.

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 4 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 3, Lots 2, 3, 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\,W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Sec. 4, Lots 1, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Sec. 9, NE, N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Containing 1074.92 acres, more or less.

    The lease or patent, when issued, 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 or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    4. Those rights for a natural gas pipeline granted by right-of-way 
UTU-018084 to Questar Gas Company.
    5. Those rights for a telephone line granted by right-of-way UTU-
09017 to Qwest Corporation.
    6. Those rights for a natural gas pipeline granted by right-of-way 
UTU-049527 to Questar Gas Company and Questar Regulated Service 
Company.
    7. Those rights for road purposes granted by right-of-way UTU-73611 
to Uintah County.
    8. Any other valid and existing rights of record not yet 
identified.
    9. A cultural resource site will be fenced outside of the project 
area and be shielded by the proposed tree line.
    10. If any vertebrate fossils are discovered during construction of 
the proposed shooting range complex, work shall cease and a BLM 
permitted paleontologist should be called in to evaluate the find.
    11. Sign the fence boundary on the shooting range clearly stating 
``Do Not Enter--Live Fire Arms being Discharged within this Boundary''.
    12. Design projects should blend with topographic forms and 
existing vegetation patterns in shape and placement, and use both to 
screen developments. Color selection chart will be furnished to Uintah 
County.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the public 
lands described above are segregated from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining 
laws and leasing under the mineral leasing laws, except for leasing or 
conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. For a period 
of 45 days from the date of publication of this

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Notice, interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed 
classification, leasing or conveyance of the land to the Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office, 170 South 500 East, 
Vernal, Utah 84078.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the suitability of 
the land for a shooting range complex. 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, 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 shooting 
range. 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.

William Stringer,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-14945 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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