[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1081-1082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-129]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS00560.L58530000.ES0000.241A; N-84625; 12-08807; MO 
4500025699; TAS: 14X5232]


Notice of Realty Action: Classification for Lease and/or 
Subsequent Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Land 
in Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act and 
Executive Order Number 6910, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease and/or 
subsequent conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 7.5 acres of public land 
in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. The State of Nevada 
proposes to use the land for a State office building.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed classification of the land for lease and/or subsequent 
conveyance of the land, and the environmental assessment (EA), until 
February 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the BLM Las Vegas Field Manager, 
4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, or email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Jean Dickey, (702) 515-5119, 
or [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1 
(800) 877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Nevada has filed an application 
to develop the following described land as a State office building with 
related facilities near Flamingo Road and El Capitan Way in Las Vegas:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 7.5 acres, more or less, in Clark 
County.

    The State office building will consist of approximately 60,000 
square feet of office and support space. Related facilities include a 
parking lot, landscaping, lighting, utilities, and ancillary equipment. 
Additional detailed information pertaining to this application, plan of 
development, and site plan is in case file N-84625, which is located in 
the BLM Las Vegas Field Office at the above address.
    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The lease and/or 
subsequent conveyance are consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource 
Management Plan dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public 
interest. The State of Nevada, a qualified applicant under the R&PP 
Act, has not applied for more than the 640-acre limitation for public 
purpose uses in a year, and has submitted a statement in compliance 
with the regulations at 43 CFR 2741.4(b).
    The lease and/or subsequent conveyance of the public land shall be 
subject to valid existing rights. Subject to limitations prescribed by 
law and regulations, prior to patent issuance, a holder of any Right-
of-Way within the lease area may be given the opportunity to amend the 
Right-of-Way for conversion to a new term, including perpetuity, if 
applicable.
    The lease and/or subsequent 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 terms, 
conditions, and 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;
    3. Valid existing rights;
    4. Right-of-Way N-59691 for paved road and drainage, spandrels, bus 
turnouts, curb, gutter, sidewalks, streetlights, pipe conduit, and 
concrete lining, granted to Clark County, its successors or assigns, 
pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761);
    5. Right-of-Way N-60971 for a 16-inch, underground natural gas 
pipeline and construction staging area, granted to Southwest Gas 
Corporation, its successors or assigns, pursuant to the Act of February 
25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185 sec. 28);
    6. Right-of-Way N-74286 for two transformers, and underground 
electrical lines with related appurtenances, granted to Nevada Power 
Company, its successors or assigns, pursuant to the Act of October 21, 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); and
    7. Right-of-Way N-88267 for multiple natural gas pipelines with 
below and above ground appurtenances granted to Southwest Gas 
Corporation, its successors or assigns, pursuant to the Act of February 
25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185 sec. 28);
    8. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the lessee's/patentee's use, 
occupancy, or occupations on the leased/patented lands.
    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 and/or subsequent conveyance under the R&PP Act, 
leasing

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under the mineral leasing laws, and disposals under the mineral 
material disposal laws.
    Interested parties may submit written comments on the suitability 
of the land for a State office building. 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.
    Interested parties may also submit written comments regarding the 
specific use proposed in the application and plan of development, and 
whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching 
the decision to lease and/or convey under the R&PP Act.
    Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
    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, the decision will become effective on 
March 9, 2012. The lands will not be available for lease and/or 
subsequent conveyance until after the decision becomes effective.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2741.5(h).

Manuela Johnson,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-129 Filed 1-6-12; 8:45 am]
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