[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26391-26392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6716]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-5853-ES; N-79030]


Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance For Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) examined and found 
suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as 
amended, approximately 5 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. 
The Church Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) proposes to use 
the land for a church and related facilities.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed lease/conveyance or classification of the lands until June 19, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Field Manager, BLM Las Vegas 
Field Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon DiPinto, Assistant Field 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, at (702) 
515-5062.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 2, 2004, the Church filed an 
R&PP Act application for 5 acres of public land to be developed as a 
church and related facilities. These related facilities include a 
multipurpose building (a worship center, offices, classrooms, nursery, 
kitchen, restrooms, utility/storage rooms, and a lobby), sidewalks, 
landscaped areas, paved parking areas, and off site improvements. 
Additional detailed information pertaining to this application, plan of 
development, and site plan is in case file N-79030 located in the BLM 
Las Vegas Field Office at the above address. A Notice of Realty Action 
was previously published and the land segregated with a slightly 
different legal description on July 28, 2005 (70 FR 43704). The Church 
proposes to use the following described public land for a church and 
related facilities:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\,

    Containing 5 acres, more or less.

    Churches are a common applicant under the ``public purposes'' 
provision of the R&PP Act. The Church is an Internal Revenue Service 
registered non-profit organization and is therefore, a qualified 
applicant under the R&PP Act. The land is not required for any federal 
purpose.
    The lease/conveyance is consistent with the Las Vegas Resource 
Management Plan, dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public 
interest. The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the 
provisions of the R&PP 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. An easement in favor of Clark County for roads, public utilities 
and flood control purposes.
    2. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease/patent issuance.
    On May 4, 2006, the land described above 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 R&PP 
Act, leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and disposals under the 
mineral material disposal laws.

Comments

    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a church and related 
facilities. 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 R&PP use.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the land 
described in this notice will become effective July 3, 2006. The lands 
will not be offered for lease/conveyance until after the classification 
becomes effective.
    On May 4, 2006, the R&PP classification and segregation will 
terminate and the following lands will be opened to the operation of 
the public land laws:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Authority: 43 CFR Part 2741.

Sharon DiPinto,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, NV.
 [FR Doc. E6-6716 Filed 5-3-06; 8:45 am]
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