[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9192-9193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5311]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-068-06-1430-02; CACA 36686; 6-00160]
California Desert District, Barstow and Ridgecrest Resource
Areas, Notice of Intent To Initiate Amendment to the California Desert
Conservation Area Plan, Notice of Realty Action for Classification and
Conveyance of Public Lands for Landfill Purposes, San Bernardino
County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent To Initiate Plan Amendment and Environmental
Assessment, and Notice of Realty Action for Classification and
Conveyance of Lands for Landfill Purposes.
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SUMMARY: This action consists of the proposed conveyance (patent),
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (RPP) Act,
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), of the following described public
lands to the County of San Bernardino, a body corporate and politic of
the State of California, for continuing use of established sanitary
landfills (SLF) and establishment of a new waste transfer station:
San Bernardino Meridian, California
T. 2 N., R. 6 E.
Sec. 20, lots 8, 9 and 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\,
Sec. 21, lots 5 and 6, S\1/2\SW\1/4\,
Sec. 28, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\NW\1/4\,
Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.
Containing 657.92 acres (Landers SLF).
T. 8 N., R. 3 E.
Sec. 3, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
Containing 40.00 acres (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 1).
T. 8 N., R. 3 E.
Sec. 10, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
Sec. 15, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Containing 55.00 acres (Newberry SLF).
T. 8 N., R. 23 E.
Sec. 7, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\,
Sec. 18, N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Containing 180.00 acres (Needles SLF).
T. 9 N., R. 3 E.
Sec. 32, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
Containing 40.00 acres (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 2).
T.10 N., R. 2 E.
Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\,
Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
Containing 65.00 acres (Yermo SLF).
T. 3 N., R. 5 W.
Sec. 13, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
Containing 80.00 acres (Hesperia SLF).
T. 6 N., R. 4 W.
Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\,
SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
Containing 490.00 acres (Victorville SLF).
T. 9 N., R. 1 W.
Sec. 30, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\,
Sec. 31, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\,
Sec. 32, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\.
Containing 485.00 acres (Barstow SLF).
T. 1 S., R.10 E.
Sec. 5, W\1/2\ lot 4, lot 5, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\,
Sec. 6, E\1/2\E\1/2\ lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
Containing 107.25 acres (29 Palms SLF).
Mount Diablo Meridian, California
T.25S., R.42E.
Sec. 13, unsurveyed (metes and bounds description).
T.25S., R.43E.
Sec. 18, S\1/2\ lot 2, S\1/2\ lot 3, N\1/2\ lot 4, lot 5, lot 6.
Containing 144.20 acres (Trona-Argus SLF).
The above public lands aggregate 2,344.37 acres, more or less. The
descriptions and acreage for the 29 Palms SLF and the Trona-Argus SLF
will be revised by survey and approval of supplemental plats for the
affected lands.
Approximately 71 percent, or 1,676.94 acres, have been classified
and leased for nine existing landfills since 1963-1965. Of the nine
existing sanitary landfills proposed for conveyance, the lands
described for six locations (Newberry, Yermo, Victorville, Barstow, 29
Palms and Trona-Argus) include expansion areas aggregating 587.43 acres
to meet future demands and new California State requirements for buffer
zones. In addition, a new 40.00 acre transfer station, to be selected
from the two alternatives described above, is proposed for the Newberry
area. All sites are located in and serve communities of San Bernardino
County. This action will consolidate the existing classifications, and
classify all of the existing and additional lands as suitable for use
under the RPP Act and to open the lands for conveyance for landfill
purposes.
This action also constitutes a Notice of Intent by the Bureau to
initiate an amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA)
Plan to change the existing Multiple-Use Class (MUC) ``Limited''
designations at three locations (Newberry Transfer Alternative No. 1,
Newberry SLF, Yermo SLF) to ``Unclassified''. Public lands in the CDCA
must be classified as either MUC M (moderate use) or be unclassified in
order to be patented.
An environmental assessment will be prepared to analyze the
proposed plan
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amendment, and analyze the impacts of the suitability of public lands
for classification and conveyance for landfill purposes under the RPP
Act. A ``Landfill Transfer Audit'' (LTA) document will be prepared for
each site/location. Following completion of the environmental
assessment and upon signature of a Decision Record, and if the plan
amendment as described above is approved, the classification of the
public lands as suitable for conveyance will be effective, and the
process to convey the public lands may be completed. Conveyance of the
lands would be subject to the following terms, conditions and
reservations:
1. Provisions of the RPP Act and applicable regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior.
2. A right-of-way for ditches or canals constructed by the
authority of the United States.
3. All valid and existing rights documented on the official public
land records at the time of patent issuance.
4. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, the public
lands described above are segregated from all forms of appropriation
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, except for
conveyance under the RPP Act and leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act.
A notice terminating the segregation on lands not classified suitable
for conveyance will be published.
For information concerning these actions, contact Mike DeKeyrel
(619-255-8730) or Edy Seehafer (619-255-8713), Barstow Resource Area,
150 Coolwater Lane, Barstow, CA 92311. For a period of 45 days after
the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested
parties may submit comments to the Area Manager, Barstow Resource Area
at the above address.
PLAN AMENDMENT COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments
concerning the proposed amendments to the CDCA Plan for public lands at
the proposed Newberry Transfer Station, and the existing Newberry and
Yermo landfills.
CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments
involving the suitability of the lands for sanitary landfill and/or
transfer station purposes. Comments on the classification of lands are
restricted to whether the lands are physically suited for the use,
whether the use will maximize the use or future uses, whether the use
is consistent with local planning and zoning, or whether the use is
consistent with State or Federal programs.
APPLICATION/ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/CONVEYANCE COMMENTS: Interested
parties may submit comments regarding the specific proposed use in the
applications and plans of development, anticipated impacts of the
proposal, and the Bureau's administrative procedure used in reaching a
decision on conveyance of the public lands.
Dated: February 27, 1996.
Bradley N. Blomquist,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-5311 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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