[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54125-54126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27610]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-050-08-1430-01; AZA 30301]


Arizona: Notice of Reality Action; Classification of Public Land 
for Recreation and Public Purposes Lease or Conveyance, La Paz County, 
AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reality action.

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SUMMARY: The following described public lands in La Paz County have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 S., R. 23 W.,
    Sec. 5, portion of lot 8.

    Containing 4.65 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: La Paz County has filed a Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act application for a park and interpretative historic 
museum that would be located near the community of Cibola, 
approximately 3 miles east of the Colorado River. This facility is 
needed in order to serve the public demand for both day use park 
facilities and cultural facilities. The lands are not needed for 
Federal purposes. Lease or conveyance is consistent with current Bureau 
of Land Management land use planning and would be in the public 
interest.
    The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions, and reservations:
    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 shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove minerals.
    4. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease issuance.
    5. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and

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proper management of Federal lands and interests therein.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease 
or 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 
parties may submit comments regarding the proposed lease or 
classification of the lands to the Field Manager, Yuma Field Office, 
2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a park and museum. 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.

Application Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the specific use 
proposed in the application and plan of development, whether the Bureau 
of Land Management followed proper administrative procedures in 
reaching the decision, or any other factor not directly related to the 
suitability of the land for a park and museum.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Arizona 
State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the 
classification will become effective December 16, 1997. The lands will 
not be offered for lease until the classification becomes effective.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reality Specialist Lucas Lucero, Yuma 
Field Office, 2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma AZ 85365, telephone (520) 
317-3215.

    Dated: October 8, 1997.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-27610 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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