[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45267-45268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22572]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Act Transfer, 
County of Kern, State of California

    United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Ridgecrest Resource Area, 300 South Richmond Road, 
Ridgecrest, California 93555.
    Notice is hereby given that the following described public land is 
being considered for disposal by the United States. The Bureau of Land 
Management has examined and found suitable for classification for lease 
and conveyance to the County of Kern, Waste Management Department under 
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 869 et. seq.). The proposed disposal of land is intended to 
serve as a non-encroachment area for future development occurring in 
the area near the Ridgecrest, California Sanitary Landfill.
    The following described public land is being considered for 
disposal by the United States:

A. General Location

    Ridgecrest Sanitary Landfill: Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, Township 27 
South, Range 39 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, County of Kern, State of 
California.

B. Specific Location

1. Ridgecrest Sanitary Landfill

    All that portion of Section 12, Township 27 South, Range 39 East, 
Mount Diablo Meridian, County of Kern, State of California, being 
parcels of land more particularly described as follows:
    The West half of the Northwest quarter and the Northwest quarter of 
the Southwest quarter of Section 12.
    Containing 120 acres, more or less.

2. Ridgecrest Sanitary Landfill Buffer Zone

    All that portion of Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, Township 27 South, 
Range 39 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, County of Kern, State of 
California, being parcels of land more particularly described as:
    The Southerly 660.00 feet of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest 
quarter and the Westerly 660.00 feet of the Southerly 660.00 feet of 
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Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1; and
    The Southerly 660.00 feet of the Easterly 660.00 feet of the 
Southeast quarter of said Section 2; and
    The Easterly 660.00 feet of the Northeast quarter and the Easterly 
660.00 feet of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter and the 
Northerly 660.00 feet of the Easterly 660.00 feet of the Southeast 
quarter of said Section 11; and
    The Northerly 660.00 feet of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest 
quarter and the Northerly 660.00 feet of the Westerly 660.00 feet of 
the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter and Westerly 660.00 feet 
of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter and the Westerly 
660.00 feet of the East half of quarter of said Section 12.
    Containing 200 acres, more or less.
    Total acreage of proposed disposal is 320 acres, more or less.
    In accordance with Section 206(i)(1) of FLPMA, said land is hereby 
segregated from appropriation under mining and public laws for a period 
of five years. This segregation of the public land involved in this 
disposal shall have no effect on valid existing rights as of the date 
of such segregation.
    Anyone wishing more detailed information concerning the proposed 
disposal may contact Peter G. Graves, Realty Specialist, Ridgecrest 
Resource Area, 300 South Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, (760) 
384-5429.
    Individuals wishing to submit formal comments concerning the 
proposed disposal must submit those comments to the Area Manager, 
Ridgecrest Resource Area, at the above address. In order to be 
considered in the environmental assessment of the proposed disposal, 
comments must be in writing to the Area Manager and be postmarked or 
delivered 45 days after initial publication.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Greg Thomsen,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22572 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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