[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69584-69585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20305]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM220-7130-ES; NM-50340-02]


Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; New 
Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined land 
located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico is suitable for classification 
for conveyance to Santa Fe County, under authority of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and 43 CFR 
subpart 2743.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments to the BLM Taos Field 
Office Manager at the address below. Comments must be received by no 
later than January 16, 2007. Only written comments will be accepted.

ADDRESSES: Address all written comments concerning this Notice to Sam 
DesGeorges, BLM Taos Field Office Manager, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, 
New Mexico 87571.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lora Yonemoto, Realty Specialist, at 
the above address or (505) 758-8851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land is located at:

    New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 14 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 18, within S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 5 acres, more or less, in Santa Fe 
County.
    The site has been leased by Santa Fe County from the BLM and 
developed and used for solid waste disposal purposes since 1983. In 
1989 sanitary landfill operations ceased, the landfill was closed, and 
the site was converted to a small solid waste transfer station. The 
transfer station is currently active. Santa Fe County has determined 
that retaining the existing 5-acre site is in their best economic 
interest and would provide an acceptable facility for use as a solid 
waste transfer site. Conveying title to the affected public land is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning.
    The conveyance, when issued, would be subject to the following 
terms, conditions and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. The United States will reserve all minerals together with the 
right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    Additional detailed information concerning this Notice of Realty 
Action is available for review at the BLM Taos Field Office at the 
address listed above.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, except 
for lease or conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
Comments may be submitted regarding the proposed classification or 
conveyance of the land to the Field Office Manager, BLM Taos Field 
Office, for a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. You may submit comments regarding the 
suitability of the lands for a solid waste transfer station site. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to four subjects:
    (1) Whether the land is physically suited for the proposal;
    (2) whether the use will maximize the future use or uses of the 
land;
    (3) whether the use is consistent with local planning and zoning; 
and
    (4) if the use is consistent with State and Federal programs.
    Comments may be submitted regarding the specific use proposed in 
the application and plan of development, and whether the BLM followed 
proper administrative procedures in reaching the decision.
    Comments received during this process, including 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

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official or representative of a business or organization.
    The State Director will review any adverse comments. If no adverse 
comments are received, the classification will become effective 60 days 
from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 
The land will not be available for conveyance until after the 
classification becomes effective.

(Authority: 43 CFR part 2741).

Sam DesGeorges,
Field Office Manager.
 [FR Doc. E6-20305 Filed 11-30-06; 8:45 am]
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