[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-800-1430-ES; COC-67005]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management has examined and found suitable 
for classification for lease/conveyance under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.) 1.65 acres of public land in La Plata County, Colorado. The Upper 
Pine Fire Protection District proposes to use the land for a fire 
station along U.S. Highway 160, approximately six miles west of 
Bayfield, Colorado.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments to the Columbine Field Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 439, Bayfield, Colorado 81122.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cam Hooley, BLM Columbine Field 
Office, (970) 884-1414, E-mail [email protected], or Fax: 970-884-2428.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described public land in La 
Plata County, Colorado, has been examined and found suitable for lease/
conveyance for public purposes under the provisions of the R&PP Act, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq). New Mexico Principal Meridian, 
Colorado, T. 34 N., North of the Ute Line, R. 8 W., Sec. 11, a parcel 
described by metes and bounds in the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\. The area 
described contains approximately 1.65 acres in La Plata County. In 
accordance with the R&PP Act, the Upper Pine Fire Protection District, 
a State of Colorado Special District, has filed a petition/application 
and plan of development for the construction and operation of a fire 
station. The land is not required for any Federal purpose. Conveyance 
is consistent with the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan 
dated September 1985 and would be in the public interest. A lease/
conveyance, if 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 and 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 valid and existing 
rights;
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Columbine Field Office, 
367 South Pearl Street, Bayfield, Colorado 81122. 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 and leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws, and disposal under the mineral material disposal 
laws.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the suitability of the land for a fire station 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, tribal and Federal 
programs.
    Application Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the specific use proposed in the application and plan of 
development, whether the Bureau of Land Management followed proper 
administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor 
not directly related to the suitability of the land for fire station 
purposes. All submissions from organizations or businesses will be made 
available for public inspection in their entirety. Individuals may 
request confidentiality with respect to their name, address, and phone 
number. If you wish to have your name or street address withheld from 
public review, or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 
the first line of the comments should start with the word 
``Confidentialy Request'' in uppercase letters in order for BLM to 
comply with your request. Such request will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. Comment contents will not be kept confidential. 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 classification will become effective on October 
10, 2006. The lands will not be offered for lease/conveyance until 
after this classification becomes effective.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

    Dated: July 27, 2006.
Pauline E. Ellis,
Manager Columbine Field Office.
[FR Doc. E6-14096 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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