[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 3016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00965]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNMF02000 L54200000.FR0000 LVDIG16ZGKN0]


Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest, 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received an application 
for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from Eric Oppenheimer/The 
Simmons Firm pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, and BLM regulations for the 
surface estate of deeded lands lying between certain deeded lands and 
the adjusted right bank of the Rio Ojo Caliente in Rio Arriba County, 
New Mexico. This Notice is intended to inform the public of the pending 
application, give notice of the BLM's intent to grant the requested 
RDI, and provide a public comment period for the RDI.

DATES: Comments on this action should be received by April 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Written comments must be sent to the Deputy State Director, 
Lands and Resources, BLM, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, 
Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Lujan, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Taos Field Office, (575) 751-4747. Additional information pertaining to 
this application can be reviewed in case file NMNM134206 located in the 
Taos Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, NM 87571. Persons who use 
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual 
during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. 
You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States of America, through the 
BLM, Department of the Interior, pursuant to Section 315 of FLPMA, 
hereby disclaims an interest in the surface estate for the following 
parcels of land situated in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico.
    All lands situated between the monumented 1977 recorded east 
boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta Grant and the present medial line of 
the Rio Ojo Caliente, southward of the partition line originating on 
the first mile of that east boundary, as shown on the boundary survey 
plat certified by Larry L. Sterling, New Mexico Professional Surveyor 
No. 11010, and filed with the Rio Arriba County Clerk on April 2, 2014, 
and northward of the intersection of that medial line with line 3-4 on 
the second mile of that east boundary, as shown on the same boundary 
survey plat. These lands are generally adjacent to sections 13, 24, 25, 
and 26 of Township 23 North, Range 8 East, New Mexico Principal 
Meridian, New Mexico.
    All those lands situated between the monumented 1977 recorded east 
boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta Grant and the present medial line of 
the Rio Ojo Caliente, southward of the point of intersection of that 
medial line with line 4-5 on the second mile of that east boundary and 
northward of the point of intersection of that medial line with line 5-
6 on the third mile of that east boundary, as shown on the boundary 
survey plat certified by Larry L. Sterling, New Mexico Professional 
Surveyor No. 11010 and filed with the Rio Arriba County Clerk on April 
2, 2014. These lands are generally adjacent to sections 26 and 35 of 
Township 23 North, Range 8 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 
Mexico.
    The areas in the above described parcels along a portion of the 
east boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta Grant are riparian and subject 
to accretions and or erosion. This determination is based on the 
geographical call of the river and a decision by the Interior Board of 
Land Appeals (IBLA) No. 85-839, Holly H. Baca, decided April 30, 1987.
    By this action, the United States of America hereby releases and 
relinquishes any claim of interest to the surface estate of the above 
described land. This action does not address any subsurface interest 
that may still be vested with the United States of America.
    The public is hereby notified that comments may be submitted to the 
Deputy State Director at the address shown above within the comment 
period identified in the notice. Any adverse comments will be evaluated 
by the State Director who may modify or vacate this action and issue a 
final determination. In the absence of any action by the State 
Director, this Notice will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior, and a disclaimer may be issued 90 days from 
publication of this Notice.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of commenters, will 
be available for public review at the BLM New Mexico State Office (see 
address above), during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Authority:  43 CFR 1864.2(a).

Debby Lucero,
Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and Resources.
[FR Doc. 2018-00965 Filed 1-19-18; 8:45 am]
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