[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-020-08-1430-01; AZA-30391]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Maricopa County, Arizona have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to Maricopa County Board of Supervisors under the provisions 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.). Maricopa County Board of Supervisors proposes to use the lands 
for equestrian facilities.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 20 acres more or less.

    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Lease or conveyance 
is consistent with current BLM 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 the minerals.
    4. Those rights for a switching station granted to the Bureau of 
Reclamation by Right-of-way PHX-086777.
    5. Those rights for a flood control project granted to the Flood 
Control District by Right-of-way A-3959.
    6. Those rights for the Salt River Project granted to the Bureau of 
Reclamation by Right-of-way A-12965.
    7. Those rights for a power transmission line granted to the Salt 
River Project by Right-of-way A-23884.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix Field Office, 
2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027.
    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 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 
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or 
classification of the lands to the Field Office Manager, Phoenix Field 
Office, at the above address.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for equestrian facilities. 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 equestrian facilities.
    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.

    Dated: June 18, 1998.
Michael A. Taylor,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-16751 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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