[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18218]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-030-5101-00-G022; NMNM 99276]


Right-of-Way Application; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that the BLM Las Cruces 
Field Office, is proposing to issue a right-of-way grant to the Rio 
Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc., to construct a three phase overhead 
electrical distribution powerline (24.9 kV [phase-to-phase] and 14.4 kV 
[phase-to-ground]) from a substation in Dell City, Texas to a proposed 
pipeline pump station site located approximately 12 miles south of 
Pinon, New Mexico. The proposed overhead electrical distribution 
powerline will cross approximately 9 miles of New Mexico private land 
and 7.6 miles of Texas private land, approximately 10 miles of New 
Mexico State trust land, and 26. 2 miles of public land. The portion 
that crosses public land will be approximately 138,336 feet in length 
by 30 feet wide paralleling existing State Road 506 and County Roads 
EO28, FO42, and GOO1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorraine J. Salas, Realty Specialist 
at the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 
Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005, (505) 525-4388.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described public land have 
been identified as suitable for this action pursuant to Title V of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, (90 Stat. 2776, 43 
U.S.C. 1761) and subject to stipulations issued by the BLM.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 22 S., R. 15 E.,
    Section 13, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 23 S., R. 15 E.,
    Section 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 14, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 23, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 25, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 26, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 35, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 24 S., R. 15 E.,
    Section 1, Lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
T. 22 S., R. 16 E.,
    Section 17, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 18, Lot 3, and N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Section 20, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 28, W\1/2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Section 29, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 33: W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 23., R. 16 E.,
    Section 4, Lot 4, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 7, Lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 8, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 9, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\;
    Section 18, Lot 1.
T. 24 S., R. 16 E.,
    Section 6, Lots 6 and 7, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 17, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 18, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Section 20, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 28, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 29, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Section 33, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Section 34, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 25 S., R. 16 E.,
    Section 3, Lot 4, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 11, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 12, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Section 13, N\1/2\N\1/2\.
T. 26 S., R. 17 E.,
    Section 9, W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Section 16, W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Section 21, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Section 28, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Section 34, Lot 1;
    Section 35, Lot 4.

    Containing 3,537.04 acres.

    The purpose of this right-of-way is to provide electrical power to 
a proposed pump station for an Ultramar Diamond Shamrock existing 
pipeline. In addition, the new powerline will accommodate future growth 
in Otero County.

    Dated: July 2, 1998.
Josie Banegas,
Acting Field Manager, Las Cruces.
[FR Doc. 98-18218 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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