[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8770-8771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4713]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AK-020-1430-01; F-92028]
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)
Act Classification; Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management; Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: The following public lands near Point Lay, Alaska, have been
examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance
to the North Slope Borough under provisions of the Recreation and
Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The North
Slope Borough proposes to use the lands for a wastewater treatment
plant site.
Umiat Meridian
Within sec. 36, T. 5 N., R. 45 W.
Containing 1.84 acres more or less.
The lands are 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 Provisions of the
Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all applicable regulations of
the Secretary of Interior; rights-of-way for ditches and canals
constructed by the authority of the United States; reservations of all
minerals to the United States, together with the right to prospect for,
mine, and remove the minerals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Worley, Realty Specialist, Bureau
of Land Management, Northern District Office, 1150 University Avenue,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3899 and by telephone at (907) 474-2309 or toll
free 800-437-7021.
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 the
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 conveyance or
classification of the lands to the District Manager, Northern District
Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3899.
CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments
involving the suitability of the land for a wastewater treatment plant
site. 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 wastewater treatment plant site.
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.
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Dated: February 18, 1997.
Dee R. Ritchie,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-4713 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
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