[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(NV-030-1430-ES; N-65834)


Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; 
Churchill County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following federal land in Churchill County, Nevada has 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease/
conveyance to the Churchill 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. 18 N., R. 29 E.
    Sec. 21, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

(containing 10 acres, more or less)

    Churchill County proposes to use the land for an animal protection 
facility. The land is located near the intersection of Berney and 
Pasture Roads, near the Fallon Naval Air Station. 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 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.
    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. 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 Acting 
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 an animal protection 
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 BLM followed proper administrative procedures 
in reaching the decision, or any other factor not directly related to 
the suitability of the land for an animal protection facility. Any 
adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. 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. 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 February, 2001.
Richard Conrad,
Assistant Manager, Non-Renewable Resources, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 01-3894 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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