[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46498-46500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16289]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-690-1430-ES; CA-44393]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; California

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 Act (R&PP), as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), approximately 55.20 acres of public 
land in San Bernardino County, California. The Needles Unified School 
District proposes to use the land for a K-8 public school facility to 
include an elementary school, administrative offices, classrooms, head 
start program, daycare facility, a cafeteria, playgrounds, athletic 
fields, ancillary facilities and parking areas. The site has been 
designed to accommodate a high school within the proposed project 
boundary for future community needs.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 4, 2007 to the Field 
Manager, BLM Needles Field Office, at the address below.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, Needles Field Office, 1303 South 
U.S. Highway 95, Needles, California 92363.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen O'Connell, Realty Specialist, 
BLM Needles Field Office, (760) 326-7006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Needles Unified School District filed an 
R&PP application for the classification, lease, and subsequent 
conveyance of the following described 55.20 acres of public land, to be 
developed for a K-8 public school:
    That portion of land north of the Colorado River Indian Reservation 
per retracement resurvey in the unsurveyed portions of sections 30 and 
31, T. 1 N., R. 25 E., San Bernardino Meridian, as shown per U. S. 
Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management map, dated April 
9, 1981, in the County of San Bernardino, State of California, 
described as follows:
    Beginning at a point on the northwesterly reservation line of the 
Colorado River Indian Reservation, said point being 599.07 feet 
southeasterly along said reservation line, from the 1981, 12 mile 
marker (found brass disk), as shown per said map, said point being the 
beginning of a non-tangent curve concave southerly and having a radius 
of 340.00 feet, a radial line to said point bears north 
07[deg]32'31''east;
    Thence, northwesterly along said curve through a central angle of 
07[deg]32'31'' an arc distance of 44.75 feet;
    Thence west 1,743.25 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve 
concave

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northeasterly having a radius of 50.00 feet;
    Thence northwesterly along said curve through a central angle of 
23[deg]33'23'' an arc distance of 20.56 feet to the beginning of a 
reverse curve concave southwesterly and southeasterly and having a 
radius of 70.00 feet, a radial line to said beginning bears south 
23[deg]33'23'' west;
    Thence northwesterly and southerly along said curve through a 
central angle of 137[deg]06'47'' an arc distance of 178.22 feet to the 
beginning of a reverse curve concave southwesterly and having a radius 
of 50.00 feet, a radial line to said beginning bears north 
66[deg]27'37'' east;
    Thence southwesterly along said curve through a central angle of 
23[deg]33'23'' and arc distance of 20.56 feet;
    Thence south 2,385.63 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve 
concave northeasterly and having a radius of 970.00 feet;
    Thence southeasterly along said curve through a central angle of 
02[deg]15'41'' an arc distance of 38.39 feet to a point on the said 
northwesterly reservation line of the Colorado River Indian 
Reservation, a radial line to said point bears north 87[deg]44'19'' 
east, said point being 1,520.10 feet northeasterly along said 
northwesterly line, from the 1981, 13 mile marker (found brass disk);
    Thence northeasterly along said northwesterly reservation line a 
distance of 1,119.38 feet to the 1981, 12\1/2\ mile marker (found brass 
disk);
    Thence continuing northeasterly along said northwesterly 
reservation line a distance of 2,040.81 feet to the point of beginning.
    This tract as described contains approximately 55.20 acres in San 
Bernardino County.
    Leasing and subsequent conveyance of the land to the Needles 
Unified School District is consistent with current Bureau planning for 
this area and would be in the public interest. The land is not needed 
for any Federal purpose. The lease would be issued for an initial term 
of 10 years to allow sufficient time to develop the planned facilities. 
The land would be conveyed after substantial development has occurred 
on the land. The lease and subsequent patent, if issued, will be 
subject to the provisions of the R&PP Act and applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior, and will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States pursuant to the 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 the minerals under 
applicable laws and regulations established by the Secretary of the 
Interior.
    3. All valid existing rights.
    4. Provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    5. The lessee/patentee, its successors or assigns, by accepting a 
lease/patent, 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/patentee's 
use, occupancy, or operations on the leased/patented real property. 
This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes, but is not 
limited to, acts or omissions of the lessee/patentee and its employees, 
agents, contractors, lessees, or any third-party arising out of or in 
connection with the lessee's/patentee's use, occupancy, or operations 
on the leased/patented 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/patented 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/Patentee 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 facility, including any closure and/or post-closure requirements 
that may be imposed with respect to any physical plant and/or facility 
upon the real property under any Federal, state, or local environmental 
laws or regulatory provisions. In the case of a patent being issued, 
this covenant shall be construed as running with the patented real 
property and may be enforced by the United States in a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    6. Terms, covenants, and conditions identified through the 
applicable environmental analysis or that the authorized officer 
determines appropriate to ensure public access and the proper use and 
management of the land.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the public 
land described above is segregated from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the general mining laws and 
leasing under the mineral leasing laws, except for lease/conveyance 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Interested parties may 
submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands until October 4, 2007.

Classification Comments

    Comments on the classification are restricted to the following 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.

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 its 
classification decision, or any other factor not directly related to 
the suitability of the land for R&PP use as a K-8 public school.
    All submissions from organizations or businesses will be made 
available for public inspection in their entirety. Individuals, before 
including your address, telephone 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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the 
land described in this notice will become effective October 19, 2007. 
The land will not be available for lease/conveyance until after the 
classification becomes effective.

    (Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

    Dated: August 14, 2007.
Robert M. Doyel,
Chief, Branch of Lands Management (CA-930).
 [FR Doc. E7-16289 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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