[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21788]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLES935000.L54100000.FR0000]


Notice of Realty Action: Application for Segregation and 
Conveyance of Federally Owned Mineral Interests in Mathews County, VA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is processing an 
application under the Federal Land Policy Management Act of October 21, 
1976 (FLPMA), to convey the undivided mineral interest owned by the 
United States in 96.75 acres located in Mathews County, Virginia, to 
the surface owner, Joseph M. Perdue. Upon publication of this notice, 
the BLM is temporarily segregating the federally owned mineral 
interests in the land covered by the application from all forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, 
for up to 2 years while the BLM processes the application. If the 
application meets the requirements in the statute and the regulation, 
the BLM may convey the United States' entire interest in the minerals 
within the tract.

DATES: Interested persons may submit written comments to the BLM at the 
address listed below. Comments must be received no later than October 
19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States State Office, 20 M 
Street SE., Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003. Detailed information 
concerning this action is available for review at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Johnson, Land Law Examiner, by 
telephone at 202-912-7737, 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 
individuals during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for the 
above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The federally owned mineral interest 
segregated by this Notice is located in Mathews County, Virginia, in a 
parcel described in a deed recorded on May 6, 1990, in Deed Book 154 
Page 731 in the Matthews County Circuit Court as follows:
    All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, together with the 
improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, 
situate, lying, and being in the Westville Magisterial District of 
Mathews County Virginia, containing 96.7457 acres according to the plat 
of survey hereinafter mentioned, be the same more or less, and bounded 
as follows: On the North by the land of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
and by Virginia State Highway Route 14; on the East by the land of the 
Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia; on the South by the land of Ishmael 
Bates Sadler, the land of Robert Dewey Sadler, the land of Alvin H. and 
David H. Ingram, the lands of James M. Wilson and Ellen W. Wilson and 
the land of James J. Walsh, Jr. and Patricia A. Walsh; and on the West 
by the land of Marion Cook and the land of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, and being more fully and accurately described on the plat of 
survey made by Wayne E. Lewis (of Keller, Lewis and Assoc., P.C.), Land 
Surveyor, dated December 13, 1989 . . . The area described contains 
96.7457 acres.
    Under certain conditions, Section 209(b) of FLPMA authorizes the 
sale and conveyance of the federally owned mineral interests in land to 
the current surface owner. The applicant has deposited, as required 
under Section 209(b)(3)(i) of FLPMA, a sum of money determined 
sufficient to cover administrative costs, including but not limited to, 
the cost for the Mineral Potential Report. The objective is to allow 
consolidation of the surface and mineral interests when either one of 
the following conditions exist: (1) There are no known mineral values 
in the land; or (2) Where continued Federal ownership of the mineral 
interests interferes with or precludes appropriate non-mineral 
development and such development is a more beneficial use of the land 
than mineral development.
    James M. Perdue, the surface owner, filed an application for the 
conveyance of federally owned mineral interests in the above-described 
tract of land. Subject to valid existing rights, on September 2, 2015 
the federally owned mineral interests in the land described above are 
hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land 
laws, including the mining laws, while the application is being 
processed to determine if either one of the two specified conditions 
exists and, if so, to otherwise comply with the procedural requirements 
of 43 CFR part 2720. The segregation shall terminate upon: (1) Issuance 
of a patent or other document of conveyance as to such mineral 
interests; (2) Final rejection of the application; or (3) On September 
5, 2017, whichever occurs first. Please submit all comments in writing 
to the individuals at the address listed above.
    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 available to the public at any time. While you 
can ask 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 2720.1-1(b)

Marci L. Todd,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-21788 Filed 9-1-15; 8:45 am]
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