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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8770-8771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4713]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AK-020-1430-01; F-92028]

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management; Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands near Point Lay, Alaska, have been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance 
to the North Slope Borough under provisions of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The North 
Slope Borough proposes to use the lands for a wastewater treatment 
plant site.

Umiat Meridian

Within sec. 36, T. 5 N., R. 45 W.

    Containing 1.84 acres more or less.

    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Conveyance is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest.
    The patent, when issued, will be subject to: the Provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of Interior; rights-of-way for ditches and canals 
constructed by the authority of the United States; reservations of all 
minerals to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, 
mine, and remove the minerals.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Worley, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Northern District Office, 1150 University Avenue, 
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3899 and by telephone at (907) 474-2309 or toll 
free 800-437-7021.
    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 the 
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 comments regarding the proposed conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Northern District 
Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3899.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a wastewater treatment plant 
site. 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 BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching 
the decision, or any other factor not directly related to the 
suitability of the land for a wastewater treatment plant site.
    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.

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    Dated: February 18, 1997.
Dee R. Ritchie,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-4713 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1430-JA-P
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