Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NV-930-4210-05; N-57577]

Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public

Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and Public Purpose Lease/Conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark

County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for classification

for lease/conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the

provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43

U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City of Las Vegas proposes to use the land for

a public park.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

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Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.

The land is not required for any federal purpose. The lease/

conveyance is consistent with current Bureau planning for this area and

would be in the public interest. The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and

applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and will

contain the following reservations to the United States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the

authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together

with the right to prospect for, mine and remove such deposits from the

same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the

Interior may prescribe.

And will be subject to:

1. Those rights for a public road and utility purposes which have

been granted to the City of Las Vegas by Permit No. N-57263 under the

Act of October 21, 1976 (243 U.S.C. 1761).

2. Those rights for test well purposes which have been granted to

the U.S. Geological Survey by Permit No. NEV-055727 under the Act of

January 13, 1916 (44 LD 513).

Detailed information concerning this action is available for review

at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas District,

4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the above

described land will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation

under the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except

for lease/conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

leasing under the mineral leasing laws and disposals under the mineral

material disposal laws. For a period of 45 days from the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested parties

may submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance for

classification of the lands to the District Manager, Las Vegas

District, P.O. Box 26569, Las Vegas, Nevada 89126.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested parties may submit comments

involving the suitability of the land for a public park. 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 public park.

Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director.

In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the

land described in this Notice will become effective 60 days from the

date of publication in the Federal Register. The lands will not be

offered for lease/conveyance until after the classification becomes

effective.

Dated: September 9, 1994.

Gary Ryan,

District Manager, Las Vegas, NV.

[FR Doc. 94-22925 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]

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