[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4372]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-026-05-1430-10; AZA-29011; 5-00162]
Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)
Act Classification; Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Maricopa County, Arizona have
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or
conveyance to the State of Arizona, Department of Administration, under
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended
(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The State of Arizona proposes to use the lands
for a correctional facility.
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 2 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
Sec. 8, all;
Sec. 17, all;
Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 2 S., R. 4 W.,
Sec. 11, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8;
Sec. 12, lot 1, E\1/2\, SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 13, all;
Sec. 14, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8.
Containing 3,958.96 acres.
The lease and conveyance will be processed if found to be in the
public interest and in compliance with current and ongoing BLM land use
planning. The State of Arizona will be required to submit an
environmental impact statement which the BLM will review and then make
a final determination as to the suitability of the lease and
conveyance.
The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the following
terms, conditions and reservations:
1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
2. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the
authority of the United States.
3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together
with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
4. Those rights for transmission line purposes granted to Arizona
Public Service Company by Right-of-Way Numbers AZAR-004861 and AZA-
9002.
5. Those rights the grazing permittee, Art Arnold, may have to
continue his current grazing use for two years from receipt of a
cancellation notice. (Grazing Record No. 022304)
For detailed information concerning this action, contact Hector
Abrego or Angela Mogel, at the office of the Bureau of Land Management,
Lower Gila Resource Area, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona,
(602) 780-8090.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands
will be segregated from all other 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 from the date
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Phoenix District
Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027.
Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments
involving the suitability of the land for a correctional 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 a correctional 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.
Dated: February 15, 1995.
David J. Miller,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-4372 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]
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