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BLM will not accept personal or 

company checks. 

Failure to submit the full price prior 

to, but not including, the 180th day 

following the day of the sale shall result 

in cancellation of the sale of the specific 

parcel, and the deposit shall be forfeited 

and disposed of as other receipts of sale. 

Arrangements for electronic fund 

transfer to the BLM for the payment of 

the balance due must be made a 

minimum of 2 weeks prior to the 

payment date. 

In accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3– 

1(f), within 30 days the BLM may accept 

or reject any offer to purchase, or may 

withdraw any parcel of land or interest 

therein from sale, if the BLM authorized 

officer determines consummation of the 

sale would be inconsistent with any 

law, or for other reasons as may be 

provided by applicable law or 

regulations. No contractual or other 

rights against the United States may 

accrue until the BLM officially accepts 

the offer to purchase and the full price 

is paid. 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments on the direct sale of the 

reversionary interest for the 172.51-acre 

sale parcel. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personally 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask the BLM in your comment 

to withhold your personally identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the BLM Nevada State 

Director who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action. In the absence 

of any adverse comments, the decision 

will become effective not less than 60 

days after April 29, 2022. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2) 

Jon D. Sherve, 

Field Manager, Mount Lewis Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09163 Filed 4–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDI03000.L12200000.MA0000.223] 

Notice of Closure of Public Lands at 

Challis Bridge Recreation Site in 

Custer County, Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of closure. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is giving notice that 

11.5 acres of public lands within the 

Challis Bridge Recreation Site is closed 

to all activities and forms of access. The 

closure is for the protection of public 

health and safety due to excessive 

flooding and ice jams within the 

recreation site. 

DATES: The Challis Bridge Recreation 

Site will be closed until safe conditions 

return or April 30, 2022, whichever 

occurs sooner. 

ADDRESSES: The BLM will post closure 

signs at the main entry point to the 

Challis Bridge Recreation Site. The 

closure order will be posted in the 

Challis Field Office. Information about 

the closure can be found at https://

www.blm.gov/press-release/temporaryemergency-closure-public-lands-withinchallis-bridge-day-use-site. Maps of the 

affected area and other documents 

associated with this closure are 

available at the Challis Field Office, 721 

East Main Avenue, Suite 8, Challis, ID 

83226 or may be requested through 

email: BLM_ID_ChallisOffice@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Marsh, Challis Field Office 

Manager, 721 East Main Avenue, Suite 

8, Challis, ID 83226 (physical address), 

P.O. Box 817, Challis, ID 83226 (mailing 

address), (208) 879–6200. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

closure affects public lands at the 

Challis Bridge Recreation Site, Custer 

County, Idaho. The closure affects 11.5 

acres of BLM-managed public land 

within the site. The legal description of 

the affected public lands is section 10, 

Township 13 North, Range 19 East, 

Boise Meridian, Idaho. Under the 

authority of Section 303(a) of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)), 43 CFR 

8360.0–7, and 43 CFR 8364.1, the BLM 

will enforce the following closure 

within the Challis Bridge Recreation 

Site. 

Closure: The Challis, Idaho region has 

experienced extended periods of 

freezing to below freezing temperatures 

resulting in excessing flooding and ice 

jams along the Salmon River. For the 

protection of public health and safety, 

the BLM is closing the Challis Bridge 

Recreation Site until water levels and 

weather conditions improve. All 

activities and forms of access are 

prohibited within the closure area. 

Exemptions: The following persons 

are exempt from this order: Federal, 

State, and local officers and employees 

in the performance of their official 

duties; members of organized rescue or 

fire-fighting forces in the performance of 

their official duties; and persons with 

written authorization from the BLM. 

Enforcement: Any person who 

violates this closure or these restrictions 

may be tried before a United States 

Magistrate and fined in accordance with 

18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more 

than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) 

and 43 CFR 8360.07, or both. In 

accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, state 

or local officials may also impose 

penalties for violations of Idaho law. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. 

Mary D’Aversa, 

District Manager, Idaho Falls District. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[L16100000.DP0000.LXSSB0220000.

LLCAN06000.223:MO#4500159291] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource 

Management Plan for the Redding and 

Arcata Field Offices and an Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Redding Field Office, Redding, 

California, and Arcata Field Office, 

Arcata, California, intend to prepare a 

Resource Management Plan (RMP) with 

an associated Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Redding and 

Arcata Field Offices (called the 

Northwest California Integrated 

Resource Management Plan (NCIP)) and 

by this notice are announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues, and request identification of 

potential alternatives, information, and 

analyses relevant to the proposed 

action. The BLM is also providing the 

proposed planning criteria for public 

review, and is calling for public 


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nominations of Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACECs). The 

RMP will replace the existing Redding 

RMP (1993) and Arcata Resource Area 

RMP (1992). 

DATES: This notice initiates the 60-day 

public scoping process for the RMP and 

associated EIS, for the proposed 

planning criteria, and for nominations 

of areas of public land for designation 

as an ACEC. Comments may be 

submitted in writing until June 28, 

2022. The date(s) and location(s) of any 

scoping meetings will be announced at 

least 15 days in advance through local 

media, newspapers and the BLM 

website at: https://go.usa.gov/xtDsU. In 

order to be included in the Draft RMP/ 

EIS, all comments must be received 

prior to the close of the 60-day scoping 

period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues, potential alternatives, the 

proposed action, and proposed planning 

criteria related to Northwest California 

Integrated Resource Management Plan 

and nominations of new ACECs by any 

of the following methods: 

• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xtDsU 

• Email: BLM_CA_Redding_Arcata_

NCIP@blm.gov 

• Fax: (530) 224–2172 

• Mail: NCIP Comments, Bureau of 

Land Management, 1695 Heindon 

Road, Arcata, California 95521–4573 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Callahan, Planning and 

Environmental Specialist, telephone: 

(707) 825–2315; address Bureau of Land 

Management, Arcata Field Office, 1695 

Heindon Road, Arcata, California 

95521–4573; email: vslaughter@blm.gov. 

Contact Ms. Callahan to add your name 

to our mailing list. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Callahan. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Redding Field Office and the Arcata 

Field Office intend to prepare the 

Northwest California Integrated RMP 

with an associated EIS, announce the 

beginning of the scoping process, and 

seek public input on potential issues, 

impacts, the possible need for 

mitigation, and the proposed planning 

criteria. The planning area is in Del 

Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, 

Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte 

counties, California, and encompasses 

approximately 382,000 surface acres of 

public land and approximately 307,000 

additional subsurface (mineral) acres. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternative development, and guide the 

planning process. 

Preliminary Purpose and Need for the 

RMP Revision 

Under Section 202 of FLPMA and its 

implementing regulations at 43 CFR part 

1600, the BLM is authorized to 

‘‘develop, maintain, and, when 

appropriate, revise land use plans’’ (43 

United States Code 1712 (a)). In 2009, 

the Redding and Arcata Field Offices 

conducted RMP evaluations that 

determined a need to revise the 1992 

Arcata Field Office RMP and the 1993 

Redding Field Office RMP given new 

resource information, changing 

environmental and social conditions, 

new technologies, and new Federal 

mandates. The BLM’s preliminary need 

is to revise the Arcata Field Office and 

Redding Field Office RMPs to address 

these developments in relevant science, 

social trends, and Federal policy. The 

BLM’s preliminary purpose of the NCIP 

is to provide for management actions 

and land use decisions within the 

planning area based on up-to-date 

information reflecting current public 

input, changes in policy, resource 

conditions, and development trends. 

Preliminary Issues and Impacts 

Preliminary issues for the planning 

area have been identified by BLM 

personnel; Federal, State, and local 

agencies; Native American Tribes; and 

other stakeholders. These preliminary 

issues include responding to increasing 

population and changing use patterns, 

providing for a broad array of recreation 

uses, wilderness management, 

promoting recovery of special status 

species, developing land tenure patterns 

and access strategies, responding to 

increasing wildfires and demand for 

fuels reduction, and responding to 

climate change and sea-level rise. 

The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan, and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

plan. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS as to why an 

issue was placed in category two or 

three. The public is also encouraged to 

help identify any management questions 

and concerns that should be addressed 

in the plan. 

The BLM will analyze potential 

environmental impacts of the BLM’s 

land use decisions considered under the 

RMP revision, with respect to ongoing 

regional trends and expected impacts to 

BLM lands, and will work 

collaboratively with interested parties to 

identify the management decisions that 

best meet local, regional, and national 

needs and concerns. 

Preliminary Alternatives 

During the BLM’s preliminary 

alternatives development work, two 

action alternative themes were 

identified based on perceived resource 

use and issues in the planning area. One 

alternative theme emphasizes resource 

connectivity and resiliency, while the 

second emphasizes community access 

and development. Both alternative 

concepts manage for multiple use and 

long-term sustainability and provide for 

public use and enjoyment of BLMadministered lands. The connectivity 

and resilience alternative is being 

developed to manage for multiple use 

by maintaining corridors of relatively 

undeveloped area to provide for 

connectivity of wildlife and fisheries 

habitat and to serve as a resilient refuge 

to ongoing development and climate 

change. This in turn, would provide a 

recreational and aesthetic resource for 

public enjoyment. The community 

access and development alternative also 

manages for multiple use and public 

enjoyment but prioritizes public lands 

to provide for recreational opportunity 

and access, travel and utility 

opportunities, and social and economic 

benefit. These alternatives are to be 

analyzed against the No Action 

Alternative (current management) and 

are preliminary concepts only. They 

will be refined or combined to provide 

the best mix to meet the public’s needs 

while complying with the BLM’s 

management responsibilities and 

regulatory requirements. These 

preliminary alternatives will be further 

refined based on public comment, 

cooperating agency input, and the BLM 

interdisciplinary team’s judgement. 

Proposed Planning Criteria 

This notice also initiates the public 

review of proposed planning criteria (43 

CFR 1610.4–2(b); 43 CFR 1610.2(f)(2)), 

available for public review at: https://

go.usa.gov/xtDsU. The BLM will use 

these proposed planning criteria to help 

guide and define the scope of the RMP. 


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Anticipated Permits and Authorization 

The BLM does not anticipate the need 

for any permits for authorizations for 

this RMP revision process. 

Schedule for the Decision Making 

Process 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA and land use 

planning processes, including a 90-day 

comment period on the Draft RMP/EIS, 

a 30-day public protest period, and a 60- 

day Governor’s consistency review on 

the Proposed RMP. The Draft RMP/EIS 

is anticipated to be available for public 

review in late 2022 and the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS is anticipated to be 

available for public protest of the 

Proposed RMP in mid-2023, with an 

Approved RMP and Record of Decision 

in late 2023. 

Areas of Critical Environmental 

Concern 

The BLM is also requesting 

nominations of areas of public land for 

ACEC designation. To be considered as 

a potential ACEC, an area must meet the 

criteria of relevance and importance as 

established and defined in 43 CFR 

1610.7–2. There are currently 17 

existing ACECs within the planning 

area, including: Baker Cypress, Butte 

Creek, Deer Creek, Forks of the Butte, 

Gilham Butte, Hawes Corner, Iaqua 

Butte, Lacks Creek, Ma-le’l Dunes, 

Sacramento Island, Sacramento River 

Bend, Shasta and Klamath Rivers 

Canyon, Swasey Drive, South Fork Eel 

Watershed (Congressionally designated 

as Wilderness), Red Mountain 

(Congressionally designated as 

Wilderness), Elder Creek Research 

Natural Area/ACEC (Congressionally 

designated as Wilderness). Alternatives 

in the RMP would eliminate three 

existing ACECs, including South Fork 

Eel Watershed, Red Mountain, and 

Elder Creek because they have been 

congressionally designated as 

Wilderness. Additionally, 14 new 

ACECs have been nominated (internally 

by the BLM or external to the agency) 

and will be considered as part of this 

RMP process, including: Swasey Clear 

Creek Greenway, Upper and Lower 

Clear Creek, Grass Valley Creek, Sheep 

Rock, Black Mountain, Upper Klamath 

River Stateline Archaeological District, 

Upper Mattole Valley, Eden Valley, 

Beegum Creek Gorge, North Fork Eel, 

Willis Ridge, South Spit, Corning Vernal 

Pools, and North Table Mountain. 

The BLM will evaluate these 

nominated ACECs for consideration in 

the RMP/EIS. Some existing and 

nominated ACECs may have different 

land configurations under different 

alternatives because of internal and 

external nominations, an increase or 

decrease in acres, and the relevance and 

importance criteria by alternatives. To 

assist the BLM in evaluating ACEC 

nominations for consideration in the 

Draft RMP/EIS, please provide 

supporting descriptive materials, maps, 

and evidence of the relevance and 

importance of resources or hazards by 

the close of the public comment period 

in order to facilitate timely evaluation. 

A detailed list of ACEC nominations, 

including acreages and importance and 

relevance values, are available for 

public review at: https://go.usa.gov/ 

xtDsU. 

Public Scoping Process 

You may submit comments on issues, 

potential alternatives, the proposed 

action, proposed planning criteria, and 

ACEC designation in writing to the 

BLM, at any public scoping meeting, 

and on the virtual open house website: 

https://www.virtualpublicmeeting.com/ 

ncip-scoping-home, or you may submit 

them to the BLM using one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 

earlier. To be considered, comments 

must be received by the end of the 60- 

day scoping period. 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. 

The four live virtual public outreach 

meetings will include an overview 

presentation, question and answer 

session, and an opportunity to provide 

public comment. Each meeting will also 

feature key resource topics. The first 

meeting will highlight Forestry, 

Vegetation, and Fire. The second will 

focus on biological resources including 

Fish and Wildlife. The third will 

discusses Socioeconomics, 

Environmental Justice, Tribal Interests, 

and Cultural Resources. The fourth and 

final meeting will focus on Public 

Health and Safety, Recreation, Minerals, 

and Special Designations. In addition to 

providing an opportunity for the public 

to submit comments, the virtual open 

house website will provide an 

introduction to the NCIP, planning 

process overview, description of the 

planning area, and an overview of key 

resource topics being presented during 

the public meetings. 

Agency Coordination 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA and land use planning 

process for this planning effort to help 

support procedural requirements under 

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1536), and Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 

306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3), including public 

involvement requirements of Section 

106. The information about historic and 

cultural resources and threatened and 

endangered species within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

plan will assist the BLM in identifying 

and evaluating impacts to such 

resources. 

The BLM will consult with Native 

American Tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175, BLM MS 1780, 

and other Departmental policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Native 

American Tribe trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

along with Native American Tribes and 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action that the 

BLM is evaluating, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be asked by 

the BLM to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as a cooperating agency. 

Cooperating Agencies engaged in the 

RMP/EIS process thus far include: 

Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental 

Protection Agency, National Park 

Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. 

Forest Service, Blue Lake Rancheria, 

Redding Rancheria, Mooretown 

Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe, Hoopa Valley 

Tribe, Western Area Power 

Administration, California Department 

of Fish and Wildlife, California 

Department of Forestry and Fire 

Protection, California Department of 

Conservation, California Geologic 

Energy Management Division, North 

Coast Regional Water Quality Control 

Board, State Water Resources Control 

Board, Butte County, County of Tehama, 

Trinity County, Shasta Valley Resource 

Conservation District, Shasta County Air 

Quality Management District, and 

Siskiyou County. 

Interdisciplinary Team 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan in order 

to consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Specialists 

with expertise in the following 

disciplines will be involved in the 


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planning process: Recreation, Fisheries, 

Wildlife, Vegetation, Soil, Water, Air 

Quality, Geology, Minerals, Forestry, 

Livestock Grazing, Wilderness, Cultural 

Resources, Tribal Relations, Ecology, 

Social Sciences, Economics, Wildland 

Fire, Fuels, and Realty. 

Additional Information 

The BLM will identify, analyze, and 

consider mitigation to address the 

reasonably foreseeable impacts to 

resources from the proposed plan and 

all reasonable alternatives and, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 1502.14(f), 

include appropriate mitigation measures 

not already included in the proposed 

plan or alternatives. Mitigation may 

include avoidance, minimization, 

rectification, reduction or elimination 

over time, and compensation, and may 

be considered at multiple scales, 

including the landscape scale. 

Responsible Official 

The BLM California State Director is 

the responsible official for decisions 

made in the Final Northwest California 

Integrated Resource Management Plan 

and EIS. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The nature of the decision to be made 

will be the State Director’s land use 

planning decisions to manage BLMadministered lands under the principles 

of multiple use and sustained yield in 

a manner that best addresses the 

purpose and need. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2) 

Karen Mouritsen, 

BLM California State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVW01000.L144000000.FR0000.241A; 

14110008; TAS: 212; N–97660 

MO #4500155658] 

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation 

and Public Purposes Act, 

Classification for Lease and 

Subsequent Conveyance of Public 

Land in Humboldt County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: Humboldt County has applied 

for a lease and subsequent conveyance 

of 5-acres of Federal land on which they 

propose to construct a rural fire station 

to serve the outlying communities and 

residences in the rural areas of 

Humboldt County, Nevada. The Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) has 

examined the subject public lands and 

found them suitable for classification, 

lease, and conveyance under the 

provisions of the Recreation and Public 

Purposes (R&PP) Act of June 14, 1926, 

as amended. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the 

classification, lease, and subsequent 

conveyance of public lands on or before 

June 13, 2022. Comments may be mailed 

or hand-delivered to the BLM office 

address below. The BLM will not 

consider comments received by 

telephone. In the absence of any adverse 

comments, the classification will 

become effective on June 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Attn. Pueblo Station, BLM Humboldt 

River Field Office, 5100 East 

Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, 

Nevada 89445. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

McKinnon, Realty Specialist, at the 

above address, by phone at (775) 623– 

1734 or by email at jmckinno@blm.gov. 

Information concerning the proposed 

R&PP project, including the 

environmental assessment, are available 

for review during business hours, 7:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday, except during 

Federal holidays, at the BLM Humboldt 

River Field Office at the address above 

or online at https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/2011153/570. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

decision to issue the lease and 

subsequently patent the parcel will be 

processed consistent with BLM 

regulations at 43 CFR 2741. 

The parcel, which was identified as 

suitable for disposal in the Winnemucca 

District Resource Management Plan 

(RMP), is located southwest of 

Winnemucca in Humboldt County, 

Nevada on lands described below: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 43 N., R. 31 E., 

Sec. 10, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 5 acres. 

The parcel has been identified as a 

key location for a rural fire station that 

would serve the outlying residences and 

rural communities of Humboldt County. 

A rural fire station would allow the 

volunteer fire fighters to provide a 

quicker response to wildland and 

residential fires in the area. The fire 

station would be used to store and 

protect the County’s fire suppression 

equipment, while also keeping the 

equipment serviceable and ready in the 

event of a wildland fire. The R&PP 

project would also include storage for 

Humboldt County Road maintenance 

equipment. The County would lease the 

parcel for construction of the site and 

would request patent once construction 

is completed in accordance with the 

Plan of Development (POD). A 

reversionary clause would be included 

in the patent, which would require the 

land to return to the U.S. if the parcel 

is used in any way that is inconsistent 

with an approved POD. 

Prior to patenting the land, an 

Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) 

will be conducted to determine the level 

of hazardous materials, if any, present 

on the property. Upon review of the 

ESA, if the Authorized Officer 

determines that any kind of hazardous 

substances exists on the parcel that 

makes the parcel unsuitable for return to 

public domain, the patent will not 

include a reversionary clause, and the 

parcel would not return to the U.S. 

Upon publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the lands will be 

segregated from appropriation under 

any other public land law, including 

locations under mining laws, except for 

conveyance under the R&PP Act. The 

segregated effect shall terminate upon 

issuance of a patent or termination of 

the application. 

The patent, if issued, will be subject 

to the following terms, conditions, and 

reservations: 

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches 

or 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 the right to prospect for, 

mine, and remove such deposits from 

the same under applicable law and 

regulations as established by the 

Secretary of the Interior are reserved to 

the United States, together with all 

necessary access and exit rights. 

3. An appropriate indemnification 

clause protecting the United States from 

claims arising out of the patentee’s use, 

occupancy, or occupation on the leased/ 

patented lands. 

4. Any other terms or conditions, or 

reservations that the authorized officer 

determines appropriate to ensure public 

access and proper management of 

Federal lands and interests therein. 


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