[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 160 (Monday, August 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48240-48241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18988]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-056-5853-ES; N-82798; 8-08807; TAS:14X5232]


Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and 
Public Purposes of Public Lands in Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act request for lease 
and subsequent conveyance of approximately 5 acres of public land in 
the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. The City of Las Vegas 
proposes to use the land for a public park.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed lease/conveyance of the lands until October 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the BLM Field Manager, Las Vegas 
Field Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130-2301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimber Liebhauser, (702) 515-5088.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described land in Clark 
County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for lease and 
subsequent conveyance under the provisions of the R&PP Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The parcel of land is located on the northeast 
corner of Farm Road and Tee Pee Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada, and is legally 
described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 18, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 5 acres, more or less.

    In accordance with the R&PP Act, the City of Las Vegas has filed an 
R&PP application to develop the above described land as a public park 
with related facilities to meet the park space needs of this rapidly 
growing area. Related facilities include picnic shelters, walking 
paths, open space play areas, restrooms, parking lot, off-site 
improvements including street grading and paving, street signage and 
traffic signal construction. Additional detailed information pertaining 
to this application, plan of development, and site plan is in case file 
N-82798, which is located in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las 
Vegas Field Office at the above address.
    Cities are a common applicant under the public purposes provision 
of the R&PP Act. The City of Las Vegas is a political subdivision of 
the State of Nevada and is therefore a qualified applicant under the 
R&PP Act. The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The lease/
conveyance is consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource Management 
Plan, dated October 5, 1998, 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 right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, 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 such deposits from the 
same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe.
    The lease/conveyance will be subject to:
    1. Valid existing rights; and
    2. A right-of-way for natural gas line granted to Southwest Gas 
Corporation, its successors and assigns, by right-of-way N-76829, 
pursuant to the Act of February 25, 1920, 041 Stat. 0437, 30 U.S.C. 
185, Sec. 28.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
described above will be segregated from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining 
laws, except for lease/conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws and disposals under the mineral material disposal 
laws.
    Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
specific use proposed in the application and plan of development, 
whether BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching the 
decision to lease/convey under the R&PP Act, or any other factor not 
directly related to the suitability of the land for R&PP use. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM Nevada State Director, who 
may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of 
any adverse comments, this realty action will become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior. 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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Only written comments 
submitted by postal service or overnight mail to the BLM Field Manager, 
Las Vegas Field Office, will be considered properly filed. Electronic 
mail, facsimile, or telephone comments will not be considered properly 
filed.
    In the absence of any adverse comments, the decision will become 
effective on October 17, 2008. The lands will not be available for 
lease/conveyance until after the decision becomes effective.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.

    Dated: July 31, 2008.
Beth Ransel,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, Nevada.
[FR Doc. E8-18988 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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