[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29970-29971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10737]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[20X L1109AF LLUTG010000 L14400000.FR0000.LXSSJ0730000; UTU-94337]


Notice of Realty Action: Legislated Conveyance of Public Lands in 
Uintah County, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to convey a 
790.02-acre parcel of public land known as the Ashley Springs Property 
located in Uintah County, Utah, to Uintah County. The parcel is to be 
conveyed to the County, without consideration, to be managed as open 
space to protect the watershed and underground karst system and 
aquifer. The land will be segregated from appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining laws and Mineral Leasing Act. 
Until completion of the conveyance, the BLM is no longer accepting land 
use applications affecting the identified public land. The temporary 
segregation will terminate upon issuance of a conveyance document.

DATES: The land will not be conveyed until at least July 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Bankert, Vernal Field Manager, 
(435) 781-3416, [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 leave a message or question for the above individual. 
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Replies are 
provided during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section No. 1123 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019, (Pub. L. 116-9), 
directs the BLM to convey the public lands to Uintah County, to be 
managed as open space to protect the watershed and underground karst 
system and aquifer. Mining or any form of mineral development on the 
conveyed land is prohibited. The County shall allow for non-motorized 
recreation access and no new roads may be constructed on the conveyed 
land.
    Legal description:

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 3 S., R. 20 E.,
sec. 1;
sec. 12, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 790.02 acres.
    Conveyance of the identified public lands will be subject to all 
valid existing rights of record and the following terms, conditions, 
and reservations:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. Right-of-way UTU-08796, for a culinary water pipeline granted to 
Vernal City, its successors and assigns, pursuant to the Act of 02-15-
1901, 031 Stat. 0790, 43 U.S.C. 959.

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    3. Right-of-way UTU-61948 for a buried telephone cable granted to 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, its successors and assigns, 
pursuant to the Act of 10-21-1976, 090 Stat. 2776, 43 U.S.C. 1761.
    4. Right-of-way UTU-52124 for a water pipeline and diversion 
structure to Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Imp. Dist., its successors and 
assigns, pursuant to the Act of 10-21-1976, 090 Stat. 2776, 43 U.S.C. 
1761.
    5. Valid existing rights of record including, but not limited to, 
those documented on the BLM public land records at the time of 
conveyance.
    6. A reversionary provision states that the title shall revert to 
the United States upon a finding, after notice and opportunity for a 
hearing, that Uintah County has not managed the land in accordance with 
the purposes stated in the aforementioned enabling legislation (Public 
Law 116-9). No portion of the land shall under any circumstance revert 
to the United States if any such portion has been used for solid waste 
disposal or for any other purpose which may result in the disposal, 
placement, or release of any hazardous substance.
    The subject parcel of land will not be offered for conveyance prior 
to the 60-day publication of this notice of realty action.
    Detailed information concerning the proposed land conveyance 
including the planning and environmental document is available for 
review at the BLM Vernal Field Office.
    This realty action will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior not less than 60 days from May 19, 2020.
    Authorities: Public Law 116-9 and the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976.

Anita Bilbao,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-10737 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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