[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63349-63350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18078]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-5853-ES; N-76721]


Notice of Realty Action; 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) has examined and found 
suitable for classification for lease and subsequent conveyance under 
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.), as amended, approximately 5 acres of public land 
in Clark County, Nevada. The City of Las Vegas (City) proposes to use 
the land as a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Substation and related 
facilities.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed lease/conveyance or classification of the lands until December 
14, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Field Manager, Las Vegas Field 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las 
Vegas, Nevada 89130-2301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca L. Rury, Realty Specialist, 
Las Vegas Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, (702) 515-5087.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City filed an R&PP Act application for 5 
acres of public land to be developed as a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police 
Substation and related facilities. These related facilities include a 
substation building facility, (offices, kitchen, restrooms, utility/
storage rooms, generator pad, and mechanical yard), ancillary 
equipment, separated paved parking areas for police and citizens, 
landscaped areas, lighting and utilities, and off-site improvements 
(boundary streets, utilities, street lighting, and sidewalks). The 
parcel of public land located on the southeast portion of the Las Vegas 
Metropolitan area is described below:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 21 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 5 acres, more or less, in Clark County.
    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The lease/
conveyance is consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource Management 
Plan dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public interest. The 
lease/conveyance, 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 reservation of 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.
    The lease/conveyance will be subject to:
    1. Valid existing rights of record, including, but not limited to 
those documented on the BLM public land records at the time of lease 
issuance.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
in the office of the BLM, Las Vegas Field Office at the address listed 
above.
    On October 30, 2006, 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 R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral leasing laws and disposals 
under the mineral material disposal laws.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a Las Vegas Metropolitan 
Police Substation 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

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directly related to the suitability of the land for a Las Vegas 
Metropolitan Police Substation and related facilities. Comments 
received during this process, including the respondent's name, address, 
and other contact information will be available for public review. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
request that BLM consider withholding your name, address, and other 
contact information from public review or disclosure under the Freedom 
of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comment. The BLM will honor requests for confidentiality on a 
case-by-case basis to the extent allowed by law. The BLM will make 
available for public review, in their entirety, all comments submitted 
by businesses or organizations, including comments by individuals in 
their capacity as an official or representative of a business or 
organization. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM, Nevada 
State Director who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action.
    In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification will 
become effective on December 29, 2006. The land will not be available 
for lease and subsequent conveyance until after the classification 
becomes effective.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741)

Sharon DiPinto,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, NV.
[FR Doc. E6-18078 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]
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