[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46495-46496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16333]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-110-1492-ES; AZA-33679]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Mohave County, Arizona, have 
been examined by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and found suitable 
for classification for lease or conveyance to Mohave Community College 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, 
as amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq., and under Sec. 7 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315(f), and Executive Order No. 6910.

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 41 N., R. 15 W.
    Sec. 35, N1/2SE1/4 (area south and east of Interstate 15 only).

    The area described contains, 40 acres, more or less.

    The Mohave Community College has not applied for more than the 
6,400 acre limitation for recreation uses in a year.
    The Mohave Community College has submitted a statement in 
compliance with the regulations at 43 CFR 2741.4(b). The Mohave 
Community College proposes to use the land as a community college 
campus. The initial phase of construction will be a single building for 
several offices and classrooms. Later phases would include additional 
classrooms, laboratories, vocational instructional areas, faculty and 
administrative offices, support space, student activity areas, 
conference centers, performing arts venues, and fields and courts for 
sports activities.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 4, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information including but not limited to, a 
proposed development plan and documentation relating to compliance with 
applicable environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for 
review at the BLM, Arizona Strip Field Office, 345 E. Riverside Drive, 
St. George, UT 84790.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Ford, Team Lead, 435-688-3271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The lands are not needed for any Federal 
purposes.
    Lease or conveyance of the lands for recreational or public 
purposes use is in conformance with the Arizona Strip District Resource 
Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated January 
1992, as amended, and would be in the public interest.
    All interested parties will receive a copy of this notice once it 
is published in the Federal Register. The notice will be published in 
the newspaper of local circulation for three consecutive weeks. The 
regulations do not require a public meeting.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be

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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.
    The lease or conveyance of the land, when issued, will be subject 
to the following terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States Act of August 30, 1890, 26 Stat. 391 (43 
U.S.C. 945).
    2. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    4. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease or patent issuance.
    5. CERCLA Term: ``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 land 
has 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.''
    6. Indemnification Term: ``All lessees, purchasers, or patentees, 
by accepting a lease or patent, covenant and agree to indemnify, 
defend, and hold the United States harmless from any costs, damages, 
claims, causes of action, penalties, fines, liabilities, and judgments 
of any kind or nature arising from the past, present, and future acts 
or omissions of the patentees or their employees, agents, contractors, 
or lessees, or any third-party, arising out of or in connection with 
the patentees use, occupancy, or operations on the patented real 
property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes, 
but is not limited to, acts and omissions of the patentees and their 
employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, or any third party, arising 
out of or in connection with the use and/or occupancy of the patented 
real property which has already resulted or does hereafter result in: 
(1) Violations of Federal, State, and local laws and regulations that 
are now or may in the future become, applicable to the real property; 
(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 substances(s), as defined by 
Federal or State environmental laws, off, on, into or under land, 
property and other interests of the United States; (5) Activities by 
which solids or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by Federal 
and State environmental laws are generated, released, stored, used or 
otherwise disposed of on the patented real property, and any cleanup 
response, remedial action or other actions related in any manner to 
said solid or hazardous substances or wastes; or (6) Natural resource 
damages as defined by Federal and State law. Patentee shall stipulate 
that it will be solely responsible for compliance with all applicable 
Federal, State and local environmental and regulatory provisions, 
throughout the life of the facility, including any closure or post-
closure requirements that may be imposed with respect to any physical 
plant or facility upon the real property under any Federal, State or 
local environmental laws or regulatory provisions. This covenant shall 
be construed as running with the above described parcel of land 
patented or otherwise conveyed by the United States, and may be 
enforced by the United States in a court of competent jurisdiction.
    7. Terms and conditions identified through the site-specific 
environmental analysis.
    8. Those rights granted to Mohave County Board of Supervisors for a 
road right-of-way AZA-21199.
    9. Those rights granted to Rio Virgin Telephone Co. for a telephone 
line right-of-way AZA-30658.
    10. Those rights granted to Thomas Cheney for a road right-of-way 
AZA-31716.
    11. Those rights granted to Dixie Escalante Electric for a power 
line right-of-way AZA-24946.
    12. Those rights granted to Arizona Department of Transportation 
for a highway and drainage easements right-of-way AZAR-031230.

Classification Comments

    Interested persons may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for development of a community college campus. 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 persons 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 lands 
for a community college campus. Any adverse comments will be reviewed 
by the BLM State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the 
classification will become effective on October 19, 2007. The lands 
will not be offered for conveyance until after the classification 
becomes effective.
    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.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

    Dated: July 19, 2007.
Becky J. Hammond,
Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-16333 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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