[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20829-20830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10208]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-030-1430-ES; N-66366]


Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; 
Washoe County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public land is Washoe County, Nevada has been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease/conveyance to 
Washoe County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Mt. Diablo Meridian

T. 20 N., R. 20 E.
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\.
    Sec. 16, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

(containing 30 acres, more or less)

    Washoe County proposes to use the land for a community park. The 
land is located in the eastern portion of Sun Valley, Nevada in the 
vicinity of Highland Ranch Parkway.
    The land is not needed for federal purposes. Lease/conveyance is 
consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the 
public interest. Issuance of a 5-year lease with a purchase option is 
proposed. The lease/patent when issued, will be subject to the 
provisions of the R&PP Act and to all applicable regulations of the 
Secretary of the Interior, and will

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contain the following reservations to the United States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. All mineral deposits in the land so patented, and to it, or 
persons authorized by it, the right to prospect, mine and remove such 
deposits from the same under applicable law and regulations to be 
established by the Secretary of the Interior.
    And will be subject to:
    Those rights for road purposes as have been granted to Washoe 
County its successors or assigns, by right-of-way grant N-60200.
    The lands are currently closed to surface entry, except for 
conveyance under section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926, and 
mining, but not mineral leasing. For a period of 45 days after 
publication of this notice, interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or classification to the 
Assistant Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land Management, 
Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701.

Classification Comments

    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for a community park. 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 community park.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective June 25, 2001. The land will not be offered for lease/
conveyance until after the classification becomes final.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments, including names and street 
addresses of respondents will be available for public review at the 
Carson City Field Office during regular business hours. Individual 
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your 
name or address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom 
of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by 
law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: This 2nd day of April, 2001.
Richard Conrad,
Assistant Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 01-10208 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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