[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 159 (Friday, August 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46241-46242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16206]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-100-1430-ES; MTM 95880]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Granite County, MT

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 under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 
0.9 acre of public land in Granite County, Montana. The Valley Fire 
District, Philipsburg, Montana, proposes to use the land as a fire 
station.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed 
lease or classification of the lands until October 1, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Missoula Field Manager, BLM, 
Missoula Field Office, 3255 Ft. Missoula Rd., Missoula, Montana 59804-
7293.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ledger, Realty Specialist, 
Missoula Field Office, (406) 329-3914 or via e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 7 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, the following described public land in 
Granite County, Montana has been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease under the provisions of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes (R&PP) Act as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and is 
hereby classified accordingly.
    The Valley Fire District proposes to use the land for the 
construction and operation of a fire station. The facility will serve 
citizens in the southern portion of the fire district near Maxville, 
Montana, where increased growth in the wildland urban interface has 
occurred.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 8 N., R. 13 W.,
    Sec. 16, a metes and bounds parcel located in Lot 1, beginning 
at the northeast section corner of Section 16, thence West, 128.7 
feet, thence South 89[deg] 46' West, 517.0 feet to the centerline of 
the Boulder Creek County Road, the true point of beginning, thence 
South 89[deg] 46' West, 245.0 feet, thence South, 150.0 feet, thence 
North 89[deg] 46' East, 310.0 feet to the centerline of the Boulder 
Creek County Road, thence North 37[deg] 50' West, 64.2 feet along 
the centerline of the Boulder Creek County Road, thence North 
22[deg] 15' West, 44.7 feet along the centerline of the Boulder 
Creek County Road, thence North 9[deg] 53' West, 58.3 feet along the 
centerline of the Boulder Creek County Road to the true point of 
beginning.

    The area described contains 0.9 acre, more or less, in Granite 
County.

    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The proposed 
action conforms to the Garnet Resource Management Plan and would be in 
the public interest. The lease, when issued, will be subject to the 
following terms and conditions:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid, existing rights of record, including those documented 
on the official public land records at the time of lease issuance.
    3. All minerals are reserved to the United States, together with 
the right to mine and remove the same, under applicable laws and 
regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior, including all 
necessary access and exit rights.
    4. The lessee, its successors or assigns, by accepting a lease, 
agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the United States, its officers, 
agents, representatives, and employees (hereinafter ``United States'') 
harmless from any costs, damages, claims, causes of action, penalties, 
fines, liabilities, and judgments of any kind or nature arising out of, 
or in connection with the lessee's use, occupancy, or operations on the 
leased real property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement 
includes, but is not limited to, acts or omissions of the lessee and 
its employees, agents, contractors, lessees, or any third-party, 
arising out of or in connection with the lessee's use, occupancy or 
operations on the leased real property which cause or give rise to, in 
whole or in part: (1) Violations of Federal, state, and local laws and 
regulations that are now, or may in future become, applicable to the 
real property and/or applicable to the use, occupancy, and/or 
operations thereon; (2) judgments, claims, or demands of any kind 
assessed against the United States; (3) costs, expenses or damages of 
any kind incurred by the United States; (4) releases or threatened 
releases of solid or hazardous waste(s) and/or hazardous substance(s), 
pollutant(s) or contaminant(s), and/or petroleum product or derivative 
of a petroleum product, as defined by Federal and state environmental 
laws; off, on, into or under land, property and other interests of the 
United States; (5) other activities by which solid or hazardous 
substance(s) or waste(s), pollutant(s) or contaminant(s), or petroleum 
product or derivative of a petroleum product as defined by Federal and 
state environmental laws are generated, stored, used or otherwise 
disposed of on the leased real property, and any cleanup response, 
remedial action, or other actions related in any manner to the said 
solid or hazardous substance(s) or waste(s), pollutant(s) or 
contaminant(s), or petroleum product or derivative of a petroleum 
product; (6) natural resource damages as defined by Federal and state 
laws. Lessee shall stipulate that it will be solely responsible for 
compliance with all applicable Federal, state and local environmental 
laws and regulatory provisions, throughout the life of the

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facility, including and closure and/or post-closure requirements that 
may be imposed with respect to any physical plant and/or facility upon 
the real property under and Federal, state or local environmental laws 
or regulatory provisions.
    Detailed information concerning this action, including but not 
limited to documentation relating to compliance with applicable 
environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for review at 
the BLM, Missoula Field Office, 3255 Ft. Missoula Rd., Missoula, 
Montana 59804-7293.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the above 
described public lands will be segregated from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining 
laws, except for lease 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 lease as a fire station. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land is 
physically suited for the proposal, whether the use will maximize the 
future 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.
    Lease Comments: Interested parties may submit comments regarding 
the lease and 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 R&PP use.
    To be considered, comments must be received at the BLM Missoula 
Field Office on or before the date stated above in this notice for that 
purpose. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, 
or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should 
be aware 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 your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. Only written comments submitted by postal service or 
overnight mail to the Field Manager, BLM Missoula Field Office will be 
considered properly filed. E-mail, facsimile or telephone comments will 
not be considered properly filed.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Missoula Field 
Manager, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the land 
described in this notice will become effective on October 16, 2007. The 
land will not be offered for lease until after the classification 
becomes effective.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.

Nancy T. Anderson,
Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-16206 Filed 8-16-07; 8:45 am]
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