[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55162-55163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18608]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-056-1430-EU; N-61362]


Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found 
suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act approximately 
82.81 acres of public land in Nye County, Nevada. The Nye County School 
District proposes to use the land for school site purposes.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments to the BLM at the 
address stated below. Comments must be received by not later than 
November 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Please mail your comments to the Las Vegas Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey 
Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130-2301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawna Woods, Realty Specialist at the 
above address or by telephone at (702) 515-5099.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described public land near 
Pahrump, Nevada in Nye County has been examined and found suitable for 
classification for lease or conveyance under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.) and is hereby classified accordingly:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 21 S., R 53 E.,
    Sec. 3, Lots 2 and 3.
    Containing 82.82 acres, more or less.

    In accordance with the R&PP Act, the Nye County School District has 
filed a petition/application and Plan of Development for an elementary 
school campus, bus storage, and maintenance yard. The Plan of 
Development was subsequently amended to add a middle school and high 
school. The land is not required for any federal purpose. The lease or 
conveyance is consistent with the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan, 
dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public interest. The lease 
or conveyance, when issued, will be subject to the following terms, 
conditions, and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act are all 
applicable regulation of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. Reservation of a right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals 
constructed by the authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 
1890 (26 Stat. 391, 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 laws and regulations established by the Secretary 
of the Interior.

And will be subject to:

    Valid existing rights of record, including those documented on the 
official public land records at the time of lease or patent issuance.
    These lands were previously identified for exchange and segregated 
from mineral entry under case file number N-61968FD, with record 
notation as of October 1, 2002. The exchange is no longer being 
pursued, the associated segregation, therefore, will terminate upon the 
date and time of publication of this Notice of Realty Action in the 
Federal Register, and the lands will thereupon be opened to disposal.

(43 CFR 2201.1-2(c)(2))

    Detailed information concerning the proposed action, including but 
not limited to documentation relating to compliance with applicable 
environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for review at 
the BLM, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, and 
telephone: (702) 515-5099.
    On September 20, 2005, the above described land will be segregated 
from all other forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the general mining laws, except for leasing or conveyance 
under the R&PP Act and leasing under the mineral leasing laws.
    Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
proposed lease or conveyance or classification of the land to the Field 
Manager at the address stated above in this notice for that purposes. 
Comments must be received by not later than November 4, 2005.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for an elementary school campus, 
bus storage,

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and maintenance yard. 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 a school campus and bus storage yard.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any 
adverse comments, these realty actions will become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior. The classification of 
the land described in this Notice will become effective on November 21, 
2005. The lands will not be offered for lease or conveyance until after 
the classification becomes effective.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

    Dated: July 29, 2005.
Anna Wharton,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, Las Vegas, NV.
[FR Doc. 05-18608 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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