[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19870-19871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7688]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-5410-00-B211; CACA 47945-01]


Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests in California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of filing of application and segregation of land.

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SUMMARY: An application has been filed on March 25, 2008, for the 
conveyance of the Federally-owned mineral interests in the tract of 
land described in this notice. Publication of this notice temporarily 
segregates the mineral interests in the land covered by the application 
from appropriation under the mining and mineral leasing laws while the 
application is being processed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dianna Storey, Bureau of Land 
Management, California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, 
California 95825, (916) 978-4676.
    Your comments are invited. Please submit all comments in writing to 
Dianna Storey at the address listed above. Comments, including names, 
street addresses, and other contact information of respondents, will be 
available for public review. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to request that the BLM consider 
withholding your name, street address, and other contact information, 
e.g. internet address, FAX or phone number, from public review of 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. The BLM will 
honor requests for confidentiality on a case-by-case to the extent 
allowed by law. The BLM will make available for public inspection, in 
their entirety, all submissions from organizations and businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract of land referred to in this notice 
consists of 440 acres of land, situated in Los Angeles County, and is 
described as follows:

San Bernardino Meridian, California

    T. 4 N., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\.
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Under certain conditions, Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of October 21, 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719 (FLPMA) 
authorizes the sale and conveyance of the Federally-owned mineral 
interests in land when the non-mineral (or so called surface interest 
in land) is not Federally-owned. The objective is to allow 
consolidation of the surface and mineral interests when either one of 
the following conditions exist: (1) There are no known mineral values 
in the land; or (2) where continued Federal ownership of the mineral 
interests interferes with or precludes appropriate non-mineral 
development and such development is a more beneficial use of the land 
than mineral development.
    An application was filed for the sale and conveyance of the 
Federally-owned mineral interests in the above-described tract of land. 
Publication of this notice segregates, subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federally-owned mineral interests in the land referenced 
above in this notice from appropriation under the general mining and 
mineral leasing laws, while the application is being

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processed to determine if either one of the two specified conditions 
exists and, if so, to otherwise comply with the procedural requirements 
of 43 CFR Part 2720. The segregative effect shall terminate: (i) Upon 
issuance of a patent or other document of conveyance as to such mineral 
interests; (ii) upon final rejection of the application; or (iii) two 
years from the date of filing the application, whichever occurs first.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1-1(b).

    Dated: April 2, 2008.
Robert Doyel,
Chief, Branch of Lands Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-7688 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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