[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24598-24599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8486]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-030-1430-01; NMNM110627]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act 
Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 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 34.38 acres of public 
land in Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New Mexico. The City of Las Cruces 
(City) proposes to use the land as a community park and related 
facilities.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed land/conveyance or classification of the lands until June 18, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the District Manager, BLM Las 
Cruces District Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angel Mayes, Realty Specialist, at the 
above address or on (505) 525-4376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City filed an R&PP Act application for 
34.38 acres of public land to be developed as a community park and 
related facilities. These related facilities include walking trails, 
plant identification plaques, shade structures, parking lots, picnic 
shelters, restrooms, play areas with play structures and landscape 
enhancements to complement the structures. The parcel of public land, 
located on the east mesa of the City of Las Cruces, is described as 
follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian,

T. 23 S., R. 2 E.,
    Section 4, lots 10 and 11, inclusive.

    The area described contains 34.38 acres, more or less, in 
Do[ntilde]a Ana County. The land is not required for any Federal 
purpose. The lease/conveyance is consistent with the BLM Mimbres 
Resource Management Plan dated

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December 1993, 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 and canals 
constructed by the authority of the United States pursuant to the Act 
of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391; 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, including all necessary access and exit rights.
    3. The lease/conveyance will be subject to valid existing rights of 
record, including, but not limited to, those documented on the BLM 
public land records at the time of lease issuance.
    Pursuant to the requirements established by section 120(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
(42 U.S.C. 9620(h) (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1988, (100 Stat. 1670) notice is hereby given 
that the above-described lands have been examined and no evidence was 
found to indicate that any hazardous substances had been stored for one 
year or more, nor had any hazardous substances been disposed of or 
released on the subject property.
    Detailed information concerning this proposed action, including, 
but not limited to documentation relating to compliance with applicable 
environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for review in 
the BLM, Las Cruces District Office at the address listed above.
    On May 3, 2007, 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 or conveyance under the R&PP 
Act, and leasing under the mineral leasing laws.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a community park. 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 uses are consistent with local 
planning and zoning, or if the uses are 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 a community park and related 
facilities.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that 
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in 
your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying 
information. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM, New Mexico State Director 
who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence 
of any adverse comments, the classification will become effective on 
July 2, 2007. The land will be available for lease and subsequent 
conveyance until after the classification becomes effective.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

    Dated: March 9, 2007.
Edwin L. Roberson,
District Manager, Las Cruces.
 [FR Doc. E7-8486 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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