[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4144]
[[Page 8399]]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-040-09-1150-00]; UTU-75173
Realty Action; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)
Act Classification; Utah.
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SUMMARY: The following described public lands in Iron County, Utah have
been examined and found suitable for conveyance under the provisions of
the Recreation and Public Purposes Amendment Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-
648). The land to be conveyed and the proposed patentee are as follows:
Patentee: Iron County, Utah.
Location: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah, Township 35 South, Range 12
West, Section 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\; and Section 9, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE, containing 275 acres.
These lands are hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation
under the public land laws, including the mining laws.
Iron County proposes to use the land for the development of a
public shooting range. The land is not needed for Federal purposes.
Conveyance 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 minerals. The Secretary of Interior reserves the right to
determine whether such mining and removal of minerals will interfere
with the development, operation, and maintenance of the shooting range.
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 existing rights.
4. The patentees assume 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
attributable directly or indirectly to the disposal of solid waste on,
or the release of hazardous substances from the above listed tracts,
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 shall 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. No portion of the land shall under any circumstance revert
to the United States if any such portion has been used for solid waste
disposal, or for any other purpose which may result in the disposal,
placement, or release of any hazardous substance.
6. If, at any time, the patentee transfers to another party
ownership of any portion of the land not used for the purpose(s)
specified in the application and approved plan of development, the
patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land Management the fair market value,
as determined by the authorized officer, of the transferred portion as
of the date of transfer, including the value of any improvements
thereon.
DATES: Interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed
conveyance of the land to the District Manager, Cedar City District
Office, 176 D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720. Comments will
be accepted until April 5, 1999.
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 the construction of a shooting range.
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 Interior on April 20, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Detailed information concerning this
action is available for review at the Cedar City Field Office by
contacting Ervin Larsen, 176 East D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah
84720, or telephone (435) 865-3081.
Dated: February 12, 1999.
Paul W. Swapp,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-4144 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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