[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8780]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-020-1430-01; F-91549]
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 Fairbanks, Alaska, have been
examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance
to the Fairbanks North Star Borough under provisions of the Recreation
and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The
Fairbanks North Star Borough proposes to use the lands for a solid
waste transfer station.
Fairbanks Meridian
U.S. Survey 11793
Within sec. 16, T.1S, R.1E
Containing 10.7 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 the 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; and, those rights for electrical power
purposes granted to Golden Valley Electric Association under BLM case
file F-86999.
Detailed information concerning this action is available for review
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Northern District
Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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
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 solid waste transfer
station. 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 solid waste transfer station.
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: April 2, 1996.
David L. Mobraten,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-8780 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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