Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 29, 2010 / Notices 82065 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVS00000 L58530000.ES0000 241A; N– 

75701; 10–08807; MO# 4500014072; 

TAS:14X5232] 

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation 

and Public Purposes Act 

Classification, Clark County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification for lease 

and/or conveyance under the provisions 

of the Recreation and Public Purposes 

(R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 

303.66 acres of public land in Clark 

County, Nevada. Clark County proposes 

to use the land for a regional park. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the 

proposed classification for lease and/or 

conveyance of the land until February 

14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to 

the BLM Field Manager, Las Vegas Field 

Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorothy Dickey, (702) 515–5119, e-mail: 

Dorothy_Dickey@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor 

Grazing Act, (43 U.S.C. 315f) and 

Executive Order No. 6910, the following 

described public land in Clark County, 

Nevada, has been examined and found 

suitable for classification for lease and/ 

or conveyance under the provisions of 

the R&PP Act: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 20 S., R. 59 E., 

Sec. 1, lot 1, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

T. 20 S., R. 60 E., 

Sec. 6, lots 5, 6, and 7. 

The area described contains 303.66 acres, 

more or less, in Clark County. 

This description will be refined upon final 

approval of the official plat of survey. 

The parcel is located in the northwest 

part of the Las Vegas Valley and 

contains the geologic feature known 

locally as Lone Mountain. The park is 

generally south of the intersection 

between Lone Mountain Road and the 

Bruce Woodbury Beltway. 

In accordance with the R&PP Act, 

Clark County has filed an application in 

which it proposes to develop the abovedescribed land as a regional park with 

a recreation center, swimming pool, 

library, ball fields, tennis courts, 

basketball courts, playground, 

children’s play area, restrooms, picnic 

areas, trailhead facilities, walking and 

jogging trails, parking lot, turf 

establishment, landscaping, lighting, 

utilities and ancillary equipment. 

Additional detailed information 

pertaining to this application, plan of 

development, and site plan is located in 

case file N–75701, which is available for 

review at the BLM Las Vegas Field 

Office at the above address. 

Clark County 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-ofway 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. Clark County 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/or 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); and 

2. 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. 

Any lease and/or conveyance will 

also be subject to valid existing rights, 

will 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. Any lease and/ 

or conveyance will also be subject to: 

1. Right-of-way N–66444 for road and 

sewer purposes granted to the City of 

Las Vegas, its successors or assigns, 

pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA) of October 

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); 

2. Right-of-way N–52803 for detention 

basin purposes granted to the City of Las 

Vegas, its successors or assigns, 

pursuant to FLPMA; 

3. Right-of-way N–62096 for water 

pipeline purposes granted to the Las 

Vegas Valley Water District, its 

successors or assigns, pursuant to 

FLPMA; 

4. Right-of-way N–66793 for 

telephone line purposes granted to the 

Central Telephone Co., its successors or 

assigns, pursuant to FLPMA; and 

5. Right-of-way N–74688 and 

Nev043546 for power line purposes 

granted to Nevada Power Co., its 

successors or assigns, pursuant to 

FLPMA; 

On December 29, 2010 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 disposals under the mineral 

material disposal laws. 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments on the suitability of the land 

for a regional park. 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 submit written 

comments regarding the specific use 

proposed in the application and plan of 

development, whether the BLM 

followed proper administrative 

procedures in reaching the decision, or 

any other factor not directly related to 

the suitability of the land for R&PP use. 

Only written comments to the Field 

Manager, BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 

will be considered properly filed. Any 

adverse comments will be reviewed by 

the BLM Nevada State Director who 

may sustain, vacate, or modify this 

realty action. In the absence of any 

adverse comments, the classification of 

the land described in this notice will 

become effective on February 28, 2011. 

The land will not be available for lease 

or conveyance until after the 

classification becomes effective. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 


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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. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5. 

Beth Ransel, 

Acting Assistant Field Manager, Division of 

Lands, Las Vegas Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32870 Filed 12–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change. 

SUMMARY: The Water Resources 

Planning Act of 1965 and the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1974 

require an annual determination of a 

discount rate for Federal water 

resources planning. The discount rate 

for Federal water resources planning for 

fiscal year 2011 is 4.125 percent. 

Discounting is to be used to convert 

future monetary values to present 

values. 

DATES: This discount rate is to be used 

for the period October 1, 2010, through 

and including September 30, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Miller-Levy, Water and 

Environmental Resources Division, 

Denver, Colorado 80225; telephone: 

303–445–2889. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the interest rate to be 

used by Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of plans for 

water and related land resources is 

4.125 percent for fiscal year 2011. 

This rate has been computed in 

accordance with Section 80(a), Public 

Law 93–251 (88 Stat. 34) and 18 CFR 

704.39, which: (1) specify that the rate 

will be based upon the average yield 

during the preceding fiscal year on 

interest-bearing marketable securities of 

the United States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate will not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury calculated the specified 

average to be 4.1620 percent. This 

average value is then rounded to the 

nearest one-eighth of a point, resulting 

in 4.125 percent. 

The rate of 4.125 percent will be used 

by all Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of water and 

related land resources plans for the 

purpose of discounting future benefits 

and computing costs or otherwise 

converting benefits and costs to a 

common-time basis. 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Policy and Administration, Denver 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32801 Filed 12–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Status Report of Water Service, 

Repayment, and Other Water-Related 

Contract Actions 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

contractual actions that have been 

proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation 

and are new, modified, discontinued, or 

completed since the last publication of 

this notice on July 22, 2010. From the 

date of this publication, future notices 

during this calendar year will be limited 

to new, modified, discontinued, or 

completed contract actions. This notice 

is one of a variety of means used to 

inform the public about proposed 

contractual actions for capital recovery 

and management of project resources 

and facilities consistent with section 9(f) 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

Additional announcements of 

individual contract actions may be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

areas determined by Reclamation to be 

affected by the proposed action. 

ADDRESSES: The identity of the 

approving officer and other information 

pertaining to a specific contract 

proposal may be obtained by calling or 

writing the appropriate regional office at 

the address and telephone number given 

for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Kelly, Water and 

Environmental Services Division, 

Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, 

Denver, Colorado 80225–0007; 

telephone 303–445–2888. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 9(f) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 and the rules and 

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 

April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), 

Reclamation will publish notice of 

proposed or amendatory contract 

actions for any contract for the delivery 

of project water for authorized uses in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

affected area at least 60 days prior to 

contract execution. Announcements 

may be in the form of news releases, 

legal notices, official letters, 

memorandums, or other forms of 

written material. Meetings, workshops, 

and/or hearings may also be used, as 

appropriate, to provide local publicity. 

The public participation procedures do 

not apply to proposed contracts for the 

sale of surplus or interim irrigation 

water for a term of 1 year or less. Either 

of the contracting parties may invite the 

public to observe contract proceedings. 

All public participation procedures will 

be coordinated with those involved in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to 

the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation 

Procedures’’ for water resource-related 

contract negotiations, published in 47 

FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 

is provided of all proposed contractual 

actions in each of the five Reclamation 

regions. When contract negotiations are 

completed, and prior to execution, each 

proposed contract form must be 

approved by the Secretary of the 

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or 

redelegated authority, the Commissioner 

of Reclamation or one of the regional 

directors. In some instances, 

congressional review and approval of a 

report, water rate, or other terms and 

conditions of the contract may be 

involved. 

Public participation in and receipt of 

comments on contract proposals will be 

facilitated by adherence to the following 

procedures: 

1. Only persons authorized to act on 

behalf of the contracting entities may 

negotiate the terms and conditions of a 

specific contract proposal. 

2. Advance notice of meetings or 

hearings will be furnished to those 

parties that have made a timely written 

request for such notice to the 

appropriate regional or project office of 

Reclamation. 

3. Written correspondence regarding 

proposed contracts may be made 

available to the general public pursuant 

to the terms and procedures of the 

Freedom of Information Act, as 

amended. 

4. Written comments on a proposed 

contract or contract action must be 

submitted to the appropriate regional 

officials at the locations and within the 

time limits set forth in the advance 

public notices. 


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