[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22009]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-2397, N-61883]


Notice of Realty Action; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Direct sale of reversionary interest in previously patented 
public land in Lander County, NV.

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SUMMARY: The following described land in Lander County, Nevada, 
patented to the Board of Regents, University of Nevada under provisions 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended, has been 
examined and found suitable for elimination of the reversionary clause 
in the patent, under provisions of Section 203 and Section 209 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1713 and 1719).

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 18 N., R. 41 E.,
    Section 25, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\;

    consisting of 10 acres, more or less.

    The above-described interest in the land would be conveyed directly 
to the present owner of record, the Board of Regents, University of 
Nevada. This interest will not be conveyed until at least 60 days after 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Fry, Realty Specialist, Bureau of 
Land Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, P.O. 
Box 1420, Battle Mountain, NV 89820, (702) 635-4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land was patented in 1969 for use as an 
agriculture experiment station. The patent (number 27-69-0155) includes 
a clause providing for title to the land to revert to the United States 
if the lands are devoted to a use other than an agriculture experiment 
station. A July, 1995, compliance inspection of the facility, showed it 
was no longer in use as an agricultural experiment station. This was 
confirmed by the University on December 5, 1995, and a request for full 
title was made to the Bureau of Land Management. This application to 
purchase the reversionary interest of the United States also 
constitutes an application for conveyance of the mineral interests. The 
applicant will be required to submit a $50.00 nonrefundable filing fee 
for conveyance of the mineral interest. Payment by the University of 
Nevada of other fees associated with this transaction will also be 
required.
    The land has been substantially altered to the point where 
management by the Bureau of Land Management would not be feasible. The 
land is not needed for any resource program and is not suitable for 
management by another Federal department or agency. It would be 
difficult and uneconomic to manage, if title reverted to the United 
States.
    Upon publication of this Notice of Realty Action in the Federal 
Register, the lands will be segregated from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, pursuant to 
Sections 203 and 209 of FLPMA. The segregation shall terminate upon 
issuance of a supplemental patent or other document of conveyance, upon 
publication in the Federal Register of a termination of segregation, or 
270 days from date of this publication, which ever occurs first.
    Patent, when issued, will contain the following reservations to the 
United States:
    1. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945);
    2. A right-of-way for Federal Aid Highway CC-021379A constructed by 
the authority of the Federal Aid Highway Act of August 27, 1958, as 
amended, 23 U.S.C. 317;
    And will be subject to all other valid existing rights.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register, interested parties may submit comments to the District 
Manager, Battle Mountain District, 50 Bastian Way, Box 1420, Battle 
Mountain, NV 89820. Any adverse comments will be evaluated by the State 
Director, who may sustain, vacate or modify this realty action and 
issue a final determination. In the absence of timely filed objections, 
this realty action will become a final determination of the Department 
of the Interior.

    Dated: August 1, 1997.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22009 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]
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