[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77060-77061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9625]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-5410-00-B211; CACA 47945]


Conveyance of Mineral Interests in California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of segregation.

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SUMMARY: An application has been filed for the conveyance of the 
Federally owned mineral interest in the tract of land described in this 
notice. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the mineral 
interests in the public lands covered by the application from 
appropriation under the mining and mineral leasing laws while the 
application is being processed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Gary, Bureau of Land Management, 
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 
95825, (916) 978-4677.
    Comments: Your comments are invited. Please submit all comments in 
writing to Kathy Gary at the address listed above. Comments, including 
names, street addresses, and other contact information of respondents, 
will be available for public review. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to request that the BLM consider 
withholding your name, street address, and other contact information, 
e.g., Internet address, FAX or phone number, from public review of 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. The BLM will 
honor requests for confidentiality on a case-by-case basis to the 
extent allowed by law. The BLM will make available for public 
inspection, in their entirety, all submissions from organizations and 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations of businesses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract of land referred to above in this 
notice consists of 160 acres of land, situated in Los Angeles County, 
and is described as follows:

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T.4 N., R.14 W.,

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    Under certain conditions, Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 authorizes the sale and conveyance of the 
Federally owned mineral interests in land when the non-mineral, or so-
called ``surface'' interest in the land is not Federally owned. The 
objective is to allow consolidation of the surface and mineral 
interests when either one of the following conditions exist: (1) There 
are known mineral values in the land; or (2) where continued Federal 
ownership of the mineral interests interferes with or precludes 
appropriate non-mineral development and such development is a more 
beneificial use of the land than mineral development.
    An application was filed for the sale and conveyance of the 
Federally owned mineral interest in the above-described tract of land. 
Publication of this notice segregates, subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federally owned mineral interests in the public lands 
referenced above in this notice from appropriation under the general 
mining and mineral leasing laws, while the application is being 
processed to determine if either one of the two specified conditions 
exists and, if so, to otherwise comply with the procedural requirements 
of 43 CFR Part 2720. The segregative effect shall terminate: (i) Upon 
issuance of a patent or other document of conveyance as to such mineral 
interests; (ii) upon final rejection of the application; or (iii) two 
years from the date of filing the application, whichever occurs first. 
(Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1-1(b)).

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
Howard Stark,
Chief, Branch of Lands Management.
    Editorial Note: This document was received at the office of the 
Federal Register on December 6, 2006.
[FR Doc. 06-9625 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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