[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40168-40169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS00560.L58530000.ES0000.241A; N-90820; 13-08807; MO 
4500049881; TAS: 14X5232]


Notice of Realty Action: Classification for Lease and Subsequent 
Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Land for a 
Public Park (N-90820) 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 subsequent 
conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
(R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 12.5 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 classification of the land for lease and/or subsequent 
conveyance of the land, and the environmental assessment, until August 
19, 2013.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca L. Rury, 702-515-5087, 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 City of Las Vegas has filed an 
application to develop the following described land as a public park 
with related facilities in northwest Las Vegas near Kyle Canyon Road 
and Puli Drive:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 19 S., R. 59 E.,
Sec. 2, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 12.5 acres, more or less, in Clark 
County.
    The park would consist of group and single picnic shelters, dog 
park, child splash pad play area, shaded child play area, and 
meandering walking paths and

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trails. Related facilities include a parking area and off-site 
improvements such as curb, gutter, sidewalk and street lighting. 
Additional detailed information pertaining to this application, plan of 
development, and site plan is in case file N-90820, which is located in 
the BLM Las Vegas Field Office at the above address. The BLM's 
environmental assessment of this proposed action can be viewed here, as 
well, and on the web at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_information/nepa.html.
    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The lease and 
subsequent conveyance are consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource 
Management Plan dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public 
interest. The City of Las Vegas, 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 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 subsequent conveyance, if 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 CC-018234 for Charleston Park Road from the eastern 
boundary of Dixie National Forest to U.S. 95, granted to Nevada 
Department of Transportation, its successors and assigns, pursuant to 
the Act of November 9, 1921, (42 STAT 0216);
    5. 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 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 public park. 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 
September 3, 2013. The lands will not be available for lease and 
subsequent conveyance until after the decision becomes effective.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5(h).

Vanessa L. Hice,
Assistant Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-16004 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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