[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31190-31191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12196]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-170-1430-ES: COC 62308]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification and Application; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following lands in LaPlata County, Colorado have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease and conveyance 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The purpose of the classification 
and application for R&PP lease and potential conveyance is to allow 
construction and operation of a fire station by the Animas Fire 
Protection District, Durango, Colorado.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 34 N., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 7: Lot 5: SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, more particularly described as:
    Beginning at a point on the east line of said Lot 5 from which 
the center \1/16\ monument bears N 0 deg.11'00" W a distance of 
816.78 feet;
    Thence S 0 deg.11'00" E along the east line of said Lot 5 a 
distance of 399.83 feet to the east \1/16\ monument and the Ute 
Line;
    Thence S 89 deg.18'08" W along said Ute Line a distance of 18.18 
feet to BLM MP-49;
    Thence S 89 deg.50'02" W along said Ute Line a distance of 
577.50 feet;
    Thence N 0 deg.11'00" W a distance of 400.00 feet;
    Thence N 89 deg.50'02" E a distance of 595.68 feet to the point 
of beginning.
    Less a 60 feet wide easement for County Road 141, less an access 
and utility easement, 60 feet wide, reserved to the United States, 
containing 4.33 acres more or less.

Lease and conveyance is consistent with current BLM land use planning 
and would be in the public interest. The lease/patent, if issued, would 
be subject to valid existing rights and the following terms, conditions 
and reservations:

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    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States.
    3. All minerals should be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    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, except for lease 
and conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws. For a period of 45 days from the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested 
persons may submit written comments regarding the classification and 
proposed lease and conveyance of the lands to the Field Manager, San 
Juan Field Office, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, Colorado, 81301.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a fire station. Comments on the classification are 
restricted to whether the land is suited for the proposal, whether the 
use will maximize the further use or uses of the land, whether the use 
is consistent with local planning and zoning, or if the use if 
consistent with State and Federal programs.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments the classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clyde Johnson, San Juan Field Office, 
phone (970) 385-1352. Documents pertinent to this proposal may be 
reviewed at the San Juan Field Office, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, 
Colorado.

Kent Hoffman,
Associate Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-12196 Filed 5-15-00; 8:45 am]
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