[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3871-3872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01275]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAD-0800-1430-ER; CACA 54713]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Inyo County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found 
suitable for classification for lease and conveyance under the 
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, 61.81 acres of 
public land in Inyo County, California. The public land contains a 
solid waste landfill that has been closed to public use. The County of 
Inyo proposes to use the land to implement a long-term monitoring and 
closure plan for the landfill.

DATES: Comments of interested persons must be received in the BLM 
Barstow Field Office at the address below on or before March 10, 2014. 
Only written comments will be accepted.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, Barstow Field Office, 2601 
Barstow Road, Barstow, CA 92311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Birgit Hoover, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Barstow Field Office, 760-252-6035. Detailed information concerning 
this action including, but not limited to, documentation related to 
compliance with applicable environmental and cultural resource laws, is 
available for review at the BLM Barstow Field Office at the address 
above.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described public land in Inyo 
County, California has been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease and conveyance under Section 7 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and the provisions of the R&PP Act as 
amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 20 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 12, Lot 3;

    The area described contains 61.81 acres in Inyo County.
    The land is not needed for any Federal purpose. The County of Inyo 
previously leased a portion of the land described above for landfill 
purposes beginning in 1972. The County of Inyo has applied to purchase 
the land described to implement a long term closure and monitoring plan 
for the landfill. The land described above includes the landfill 
footprint and additional adjacent public land not within the original 
lease area, but now considered necessary for access, monitoring wells 
and slope stabilization. The conveyance is consistent with current BLM 
land use planning and would be in the public interest. The patent, if 
issued, would be subject to the provisions of the R&PP Act and 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, in particular, 
but not limited to 43 CFR 2743.3-1, and would contain the following 
additional reservations, terms, and conditions:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States pursuant to the 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 the minerals under 
applicable laws and such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior 
may prescribe, including all necessary access and exit rights.
    3. The patent, if issued, will be subject to all valid existing 
rights.
    4. The patentee shall comply with all Federal and State laws 
applicable to the disposal, placement, or release of hazardous 
substances and shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States 
against any legal liability or future costs that may arise out of any 
violation of such laws.
    5. Except as provided in provision 7 below, the land conveyed shall 
revert to the United States unless substantially used in accordance 
with an approved plan and schedule of development on or before the date 
5 years after the date of conveyance.
    6. If, at any time, the patentee transfers to another party 
ownership of any portion of the land not used for the purpose(s) 
specified in the application and the approved plan of development, the 
patentee shall pay the BLM the fair market value, as determined by the 
authorized officer, of the transferred portion as of the date of 
transfer, including the value of any improvements thereon.
    7. No portion of the land used for solid waste disposal or for any 
other purpose that may have resulted in the disposal, placement, or 
release of any hazardous substance shall under any circumstance revert 
to the United States.
    8. Portions of the above described land have been used for solid 
waste disposal. Records regarding the solid waste disposal on the land 
are maintained by the County. Solid waste commonly includes small 
quantities of commercial hazardous waste and household hazardous waste 
as determined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 6901), and defined in 40 CFR 261.4 and 261.5. 
Although there is no indication that these materials pose any 
significant risk to human health or the environment, future land uses 
should be limited to those which do not penetrate the liner or final 
cover of the landfill unless excavation is conducted subject to 
applicable State and Federal requirements.
    On March 24, 2014, the public land described above will be 
segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the general mining laws, except for lease or conveyance under 
the R&PP Act.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a closed solid waste 
facility. 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 parties 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 land for a solid waste facility. Any adverse 
comments will be reviewed by the BLM California State Director who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any 
adverse comments, the classification of the land described in this 
notice will become effective on March 24, 2014. The land will not be 
available for conveyance until after the classification becomes 
effective.
    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.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2741.5.

Cynthia Staszak,
Associate Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 2014-01275 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]
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