[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1515-1516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00236]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS030000.L71220000.ES0000 241A; Nev-57750; 12-08807; MO#4500074390; 
TAS: 14X5232]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Lease for 
Change of Use and Conveyance of Public Lands in Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pahrump Field Office has 
examined and proposes to change the use of a 400-acre Recreation and 
Public Purposes (R&PP) Lease from a buffer zone to a landfill located 
in Nye County, Nevada. The land has been leased by the Nevada Division 
of State Lands (NDSL) since 1962, and it surrounds an existing 80-acre 
landfill. The conveyance would be offered pursuant to the Recreation 
and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act of 1926. The NDSL proposes to use the 
land for a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C 
landfill and disposal site.

DATES: Interested persons may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed change of use, Environmental Assessment (EA) and conveyance of 
public lands until February 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the BLM, Pahrump Field Office, 4701 
N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erica Pionke, Realty Specialist, by 
telephone at 702-515-5059, or by email at [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 parcel of public land that is proposed 
for the change of use and conveyance of an R&PP Lease is described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 13 S., R. 47 E.,

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    Sec. 26, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
    The area described contains 400 acres more or less.

    Upon publication of this notice, only written comments submitted 
within 45 days from publication will be considered properly filed.
    The BLM has prepared EA, DOI-BLM-NV-S030-2014-0012-EA for the 
proposed change of use and conveyance of the public lands. The NEPA 
review period will run consecutively with this notice. Comments to this 
notice and the above referenced EA will be addressed in the final EA. 
The EA is available for review at the Southern Nevada District Office 
Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en.html. The notice will be 
published once a week for three weeks in the Tonopah Times-Bonanza.
    The NDSL has not applied for more than the 640-acre annual 
limitation for public purposes other than recreation use, and has 
submitted a statement in compliance with regulation at 43 CFR 
2741.4(b). The NDSL is a qualified applicant under the R&PP Act.
    A conveyance will be subject to the provisions of the R&PP Act and 
applicable regulations set by the Secretary of the Interior, including 
but not limited to the terms required by 43 CFR 2741.9.
    1. A reservation to the United States for ditches and canals 
constructed by the authority of the United State pursuant to the Act of 
August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945);
    2. A reservation to the United States for 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. Conveyance of the public land shall be subject to valid existing 
rights and reservation of record;
    4. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the patentee's use, occupancy, or 
operations on the patented lands;
    5. No portion of the land patented shall revert back to the United 
States under any circumstance. In addition, the patentee will comply 
with all Federal and State law applicable to the disposal, placement, 
or release of hazardous substances (substance as defined in 40 CFR part 
302); and
    6. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
land and interests therein. Subject to limitations prescribed by law 
and regulations, prior to conveyance, a holder of any right-of-way 
(ROW) within the lease area may be given the opportunity to amend the 
ROW for conversion to a new term, including perpetuity, if applicable.
    Detailed information about this R&PP Lease change of use and 
conveyance, including, but not limited to documentation relating to 
compliance with applicable environmental and cultural resource laws, is 
available for review at the BLM Pahrump Field Office at the address 
above.
    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 conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws and disposal under the mineral material 
disposal laws.
    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 any 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 regarding the proposed conveyance will be 
reviewed by the BLM Nevada State Director or other authorized official 
of the Department of the Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or modify 
this realty action. In the absence of timely filed objections, this 
realty action will become the final determination of the Department of 
the Interior.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)
Mark Tanaka-Sanders,
Acting Pahrump Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 2015-00236 Filed 1-9-15; 8:45 am]
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