[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29588-29589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13589]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-050-01-1430-ES; AZA 31132]


Arizona: Notice of Realty Action; Classification of Public Land 
for Recreation and Public Purposes Lease or Conveyance, Yuma County, 
Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Yuma County has been 
examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.). In accordance with section 7 of the Taylor Grazing 
Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and Executive Order No. 6910, the described land 
is hereby classified for disposal by R&PP conveyance. Public land 
affected is identified as follows:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona

T. 9 S., R. 22 W.,
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 80 acres.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Yuma (City), Arizona, has filed 
an R&PP application to construct a Regional Public Works Operation 
Facility that will provide wastewater collection and treatment for 
existing and new development in the East Mesa Area. This land is 
identified in the Yuma District Resource Management Plan, as amended, 
as having potential for disposal. Lease or conveyance of the land for 
recreation or public purposes would be in the public interest. The 
lease or conveyance, when issued, will contain the following terms, 
conditions, and reservations:
    1. The provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. Rights-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States. (Act of August 30, 1890 [43 U.S.C. 
945])
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the 
same under applicable law and regulations to be established by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    4. Those rights for a public highway that may have been granted by 
Congress pursuant to the Act of July 26, 1866, 43 U.S.C. (repealed 
1976) (AZA 6389).
    5. Those rights for a 100-foot-wide public road right-of-way, known 
as the ``Area Service Highway'' (AZA 23977).
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
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, leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws, and material disposal laws. For a 
period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, interested people may submit comments regarding the 
proposed lease/conveyance or classification of the land to the Field 
Manager, Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 
85365.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for a public works operation 
facility. 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 Bureau of Land Management followed proper 
administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor 
not directly related to the suitability of the land for a public works 
operation facility. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the 
Arizona State Director.

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis Rodriguez, Realty Specialist, 
Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365, 
telephone (520) 317-3213.

    Dated: May 16, 2001.
Maureen A. Merrell,
Assistant Field Manager, Business and Fiscal Services/Acting Field 
Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-13589 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]
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