[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06653]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[212.LLAZP02000.L14400000.EQ0000; AZA-38146]
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act
Classification, Pinal County, AZ
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: Pinal County, AZ, filed an application with the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to develop three parcels of BLM-managed land as part
of a regional park that will help meet expanding recreational needs in
the area near Maricopa, AZ. The BLM, Lower Sonoran Field Office,
examined the three parcels consisting of approximately 497 acres of
public land and determined that the parcels are suitable for
classification under the provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended. The R&PP Act allows local governments
to lease, develop, and subsequently acquire public lands for recreation
and other public purposes if compliant with local government and BLM
land use planning. The R&PP project is consistent with the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act, as amended, and associated BLM regulations
and policies.
DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the
classification and decision to issue a lease on or before May 16, 2022.
In the absence of adverse comments, the decision to lease the land will
become effective no less than 60 days after the date of publication in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office
(LSFO), Attn: Ryan Randell, Realty Specialist, 21605 North 7th Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona 85027 or fax to (623) 580-5580. Additional
information, including the plan of development and environmental
assessment, is available for public review at the LSFO, or online at:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2003296/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Randell, Realty Specialist,
telephone: (623) 580-5533, email: [email protected]. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The three parcels are located within the
Palo Verde Mountains, west of the City of Maricopa and south of Arizona
State Route 238, and are legally described as:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 4 S. R. 2 E.,
Sec. 20, lot 4;
Sec. 29, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 4;
T. 5 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4;
Sec. 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and
SE\1/4\, Excepting therefrom those portions lying within \1/2\ mile
of the center line of the Tucson Electric Power right-of-way AZA-
7274.
The areas described aggregate 497 acres, more or less.
Plans for the R&PP Act project consist of new trailheads and
staging areas, restrooms, shaded structures, host campsites, a 39-space
campground with facilities, an archery range, and a day use off-highway
vehicle area with parking. The project is consistent with the
objectives of the BLM Lower Sonoran Resource Management Plan dated
September 19, 2012, and was analyzed consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Additional information, including the
plan of development and environmental assessment, is available for
public review at the LSFO (see ADDRESSES section) or online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2003296/510.
The lease document, if issued, will be subject to the provisions of
the R&PP Act and the following terms and conditions:
1. Subject to valid existing rights.
2. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United
States from claims arising out of the lessee's use, occupancy, or
occupations on the leased lands.
The lands as described above have been found suitable for leasing
under the R&PP Act. Upon publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, the lands will be segregated from all other forms of
appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining
laws. The segregation will remain until an Opening Order is published
in the Federal Register or the application is withdrawn.
Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of
the land for development of a regional park in Pinal County and 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 whether the proposed use
is consistent with State and Federal programs. Comments may also
include concerns over the specific use proposed in the application and
whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching
the decision to lease the lands under the R&PP Act. Only written
comments submitted to the BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office will be
considered properly filed.
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. Any adverse comments will be considered protests and
will be reviewed by the BLM Arizona State Director, who may sustain,
vacate, or modify this realty action.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)
Edward Kender,
Field Manager, BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-06653 Filed 3-29-22; 8:45 am]
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