[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35699-35701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9654]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-310-5700-BX; AZA-31733]
Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act
Classification; Arizona; Notice of Availability of Proposed Kingman
Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) as amended, the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) has prepared an Environmental Assessment/
Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for a proposed shooting range.
This document, available online at http://www.blm.gov/az/env_docs/library/shooting_range_ea.pdf, analyzes the effects of the proposal
on public lands and of amending the RMP to allow for disposal of land
necessary for the shooting range and special management designation of
land necessary for the buffer, for the Boundary Cone road alternative
as described in Supplementary Information below. Pursuant to section
212 of FLPMA, the BLM has examined and found suitable for conveyance
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act
(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), as amended, two parcels of public land, as
described in Supplementary Information below, in Mohave Valley near
Bullhead City, Mohave County, Arizona. This notice invites comments on
BLM's classification of that land as suitable for conveyance under the
R&PP Act.
DATES: Protests regarding the proposed land use plan amendment must be
postmarked by July 21, 2006. Comments regarding R&PP classification of
public land must be postmarked by August 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Protests regarding the plan amendment on the Boundary Cone
Road location should be sent to the Director, Bureau of Land
Management, Attention: Brenda Williams (WO-210), for mail: P. O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035 OR for overnight express: 1620 L Street
NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20236. Comments regarding the
classification of public land for R&PP should be sent to the Kingman
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2755 Mission Boulevard,
Kingman, AZ 86401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Cook, Realty Specialist, Kingman
Field Office, 2755 Mission Boulevard, Kingman, Arizona, 86401,
telephone (928) 718-3716.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Kingman Resource Management Plan (RMP),
approved in March 1995, identified land for R&PP uses, i.e. churches,
schools, parks, fire departments, etc. with a caveat that non-
conforming uses may be considered on a case-by-case basis. A shooting
range is considered to be a non-conforming use. A Notice was previously
published, 68 FR 14687, March 26, 2003, regarding the intent to amend
the Kingman Resource Management Plan and classify lands for Recreation
and Public Purpose for a proposed shooting range as reiterated below:
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A--Shooting Range
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Mohave County, Arizona
T. 19 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 35, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 36, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Containing 315 acres, more or less.
The lands identified under B-Buffer below are being considered
through the plan amendment process for special designation for
retention and management under a Cooperative Management Plan/Agreement
between the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the BLM for safety
purposes:
B--Buffer
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Mohave County, Arizona
T. 19 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 25, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
Sec. 26, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 36, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\;
Containing 470 acres, more or less.
This location is known as the Boundary Cone Road location and is
the proponent's proposed action. It has been examined and found
suitable for conveyance under the provisions of the R&PP Act, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and the public lands described are
proposed for classification under section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act,
43 U.S.C. 315f and Executive Order No. 6910 and the R&PP Act.
Due to Native American concerns, BLM initiated an Alternative
Dispute Resolution process with affected stakeholders, including the
Fort Mojave and Hualapai tribes, which resulted in the addition of
another alternative for analysis. This alternative, known as the Willow
Road location, has been examined and found suitable for conveyance
under the provisions of the R&PP Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et
seq.) and the public lands described below are proposed for
classification under section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C.
315f and Executive Order No. 6910 and the R&PP Act. This location is on
public land described as follows:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 18 N., R. 21 W.,
Sec. 28, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\,
S\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
The area described contains approximately 610 acres in Mohave
County.
The public lands described above were identified for disposal in
the Kingman Resource Management Plan as land not needed for Federal
(BLM) purposes and available to support community expansion. Conveyance
of the Boundary Cone Road location would be consistent with the Kingman
Resource Management Plan if the plan amendment is approved. Conveyance
of public land for a shooting range would be in the public interest.
The conveyance, if issued, would be subject to the provisions of the
R&PP Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior
and would contain the following reservations to the United States:
1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
2. All Federal 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 the conveyance would be subject to:
1. Valid existing rights.
In addition, if the Boundary Cone Road location is selected, the
conveyance would be subject to:
1. Those rights for highway purposes as have been granted to Mohave
County, its successors or assigns, by right-of-way No. AZA-20911
pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) as amended;
2. Those rights for electric power transmission line purposes as
have been granted to Citizens Utilities Company, it successors and
assigns, by right-of-way No. AZA-24775 pursuant to Title V of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) as
amended.
There are no rights-of-way of record on the Willow Road location.
Detailed information concerning this action is available for review
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office,
2755 Mission Boulevard, Kingman, Arizona 86401.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the public
land described under the Willow Road location is segregated from all
other forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the
general mining laws, except for conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing
under the mineral leasing laws, and disposal under the mineral material
disposal laws. The public lands described under the Boundary Cone Road
location were previously segregated by notice 68 FR 14687, March 26,
2003, as noted above.
Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments
involving the suitability of the Willow Road location for a shooting
range site. 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.
Comments received on the classification will be answered by the
State Director with the right to further comment to the Secretary of
Interior. In the absence of any comments, the classification will
become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.
Protests: A protest to the proposed plan amendment must be filed in
accordance with 43 CFR 1610.5-2. Public protests and comments submitted
for this planning review, including names and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public review at the Kingman Field
Office during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or address from
public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Such
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions
from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid
protests unless the protesting party also provides the original letter
by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the
protest period. Under these conditions, BLM will consider the e-mail or
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full
consideration. If you wish to provide BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of the BLM
Protest Coordinator at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to [email protected].
The Environmental Assessment analyzes both alternative locations as
well as the No Action Alternative. Upon completion of the protest/
comment process, a decision will be made on the location based on the
facts presented in the Environmental Assessment. This
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decision will carry a 30 day appeal period.
Dated: June 13, 2006.
Wayne King,
Kingman Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E6-9654 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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