98-3383. Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purpose Conveyance  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 6954]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-3383]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Bureau of Land Management
    [UT-040-08-1430-00; UTU-75154]
    
    
    Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purpose Conveyance
    
    SUMMARY: The following described public land in Garfield County, Utah 
    has been examined and found suitable for lease or conveyance under the 
    provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act (43 U.S.C. 
    869 et seq.). The land to be leased or conveyed and the proposed 
    patentee is:
        Patentee: Boulder Town, Utah
        Location: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah T. 33S., R.4E., sec. 25 & 26, 
    Tract 37, containing 7.5 acres.
        This land is hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation 
    under the public land laws, including the mining laws.
        The town of Boulder, Utah proposes to use this land to construct a 
    community recreation and visitor center. The land is not needed for 
    Federal purposes. Conveyance or lease is consistent with current BLM 
    land use planning and would be in the public interest. The patent when 
    issued will be subject to the following terms, conditions and 
    reservations:
        1. All minerals, including oil and gas, shall be reserved to the 
    United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove 
    the same.
        2. A right-of-way will be reserved for ditches and canals 
    constructed by the authority of the United States (Act of August 30, 
    1890, 26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945).
        3. The conveyance will be subject to all valid rights and 
    reservations of record.
        4. The town of Boulder assumes all liability for and shall defend, 
    indemnify, and save harmless the United States and its officers, 
    agents, representatives, and employees (hereinafter referred to as the 
    United States), from all claims, loss, damage, actions, causes of 
    action, expense, and liability resulting from, brought for, or on 
    account of, any personal injury, threat of personal injury, or property 
    damage received or sustained by any person or persons (including the 
    patentee's employees) or property growing out of, occurring, or the 
    release of hazardous substances from the above listed land, regardless 
    of whether such claims shall be attributable to: (1) the concurrent, 
    contributory, or partial fault, failure, or negligence of the United 
    States, or (2) the sole fault, failure, or negligence of the United 
    States.
        5. Title may revert to the United States upon a finding, after 
    notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the patentee has not 
    substantially developed the lands in accordance with the approved plan 
    of development on or before the date five years after the date of 
    conveyance.
    
    DATES: Interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed 
    lease or conveyance of the land to the Area Manager, Escalante Resource 
    Area Office, P. O. Box 225, Escalante, Utah 84726. Comments will be 
    accepted until March 30, 1998. Any Adverse comments will be reviewed by 
    the State Director who may vacate or modify this realty action and 
    issue a final determination. In the absence of any adverse comments, 
    this notice will become the final determination of the Department of 
    the Interior on April 13, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Detailed information concerning this 
    action is available for review at the Escalante Resource Area office by 
    contacting Darrell ``Butch'' Olsen, P. O. Box 225, Escalante, Utah 
    84726, or telephone (801) 826-4291.
    
        Dated: January 16, 1998.
    Gregg Christensen,
    Area Manager.
    [FR Doc. 98-3383 Filed 2-10-98; 8:45 am]
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