[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36616-36617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16228]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS01000.L58530000.EQ0000.241A; N-95402; 12-08807; MO#4500118043; 
TAS:15X5232]


Notice of Realty Action: Classification for Lease and/or 
Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Lands (N-95402) 
for a School in the Southwest Portion of the Las Vegas Valley, Clark 
County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, 
has examined and found suitable for classification for lease and 
subsequent conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act (R&PP), as amended, approximately 15 acres of public land 
in the Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. The Clark County School 
District proposes to use the land for an elementary school that will 
help meet future educational needs in the southwestern part of the Las 
Vegas Valley.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed classification for lease and conveyance of the land until 
September 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 
4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, fax to 775-515-
5010, Attn: Vivian Browning, or email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivian Browning at the above address, 
telephone: 702-515-5013, email: [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during 
normal business hours. The FRS 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 is located south of Mountains 
Edge Parkway off El Capitan Way in southwest Las Vegas and is legally 
described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 15 acres in Clark County, Nevada.

    The Clark County School District has filed an R&PP application to 
develop the above-described land as an elementary school. The project 
will consist of five school buildings, parking for school staff, public 
parking, busing routes with student pick-up and drop-off points, 
kindergarten classrooms with a fenced-off play area, areas for 
basketball courts, ball fields, bike racks, shaded rest areas, a 
botanical learning area, a turf play area, playgrounds, a tetherball 
court area, and utilities. Additional detailed information pertaining 
to this publication, plan of development, and site plan is available 
for review at the BLM Las Vegas Field Office at the above address.
    The Clark County School District is a political subdivision of the 
State of Nevada, and is, therefore, a qualified applicant under the 
R&PP Act.
    Subject to limitations prescribed by law and regulation, prior to 
patent issuance, the holder of any right-of-way grant within the lease 
area may be given the opportunity to amend the right-of-way grant for 
conversion to a new term, including perpetuity, if applicable.
    The land identified is not needed for any Federal purpose. The 
lease and/or conveyance is consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource 
Management Plan dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public 
interest. The Clark County School District 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 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 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 for the 
same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe; and
    3. The parcel is subject to valid existing rights.
    Any lease and conveyance will also contain any terms or conditions 
required by law (including, but not limited to, any terms or conditions 
required by 43 CFR 2741.4), and will contain an appropriate 
indemnification clause protecting the United States from claims arising 
out of the lessee's/patentee's use, occupancy, or operations on the 
leased/patented lands. It will also contain any other terms and 
conditions deemed necessary and appropriate by the Authorized Officer.
    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 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 
for classification of the land as a school project in the City of Las 
Vegas. 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 convey 
under the R&PP Act.
    Before including your address, phone number, emails 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. Only written comments submitted to the Field Manager, 
BLM Las Vegas Field Office, will be considered properly filed. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed as protests, by the BLM Nevada State 
Director, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action.

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    In the absence of any adverse comments, the decision will become 
effective on September 13, 2018. The lands will not be available for 
lease and conveyance until after the decision becomes effective.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.

Vanessa L. Hice,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-16228 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am]
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