[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2259-2260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1186]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-055-96-1430-01; AZA 25991]


Arizona: Notice of Realty Action; Bureau Motion Recreation and 
Public Purposes Classification; La Paz County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public land in the Town of Quartzsite, Arizona, 
has been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 4 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 20, all;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\ excluding 23.969 acres 
under Recreation and Public Purposes classification and lease AZA 
22501;
    Sec. 22, lot 1, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/
2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 3,395.55 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is a motion by the Bureau of 
Land Management to make available land to support community expansion. 
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 recreational or public purposes would be in the public 
interest.
    Lease or conveyance of the land will be subject to the following 
terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. 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.
    3. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease/patent issuance.
    4. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    5. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein. 

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    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land 
will be segregated from all 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 and leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws.

DATES: On or before March 11, 1996, interested persons may submit 
comments regarding the proposed classification of the land to the Area 
Manager, Yuma Resource Area Office, 3150 Winsor Avenue, Yuma, Arizona 
85365, (520) 726-6300. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the 
District Manager. In the absence of any adverse comments, the 
classification will become effective 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.
    Upon the effective date of classification, the land will be open to 
the filing of an application under the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act by any interested, qualified applicant. If, after 18 months 
following the effective date of classification, an application has not 
been filed, the segregative effect of the classification shall 
automatically expire and the lands classified shall return to their 
former status without further action by the authorized officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Detailed information concerning this 
action is available for review at the Bureau of Land Management, 3150 
Winsor Avenue, Yuma, Arizona 85365.

    Dated: January 19, 1996.
Patricia A. Boykin,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-1186 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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