Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; Arizona

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[AZ-024-05-4210-05; AZA-28416]

Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands, located near the City of Mesa,

Maricopa County, Arizona, have been examined and found suitable for

lease or conveyance to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors under

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

(43 U.S.C. 869, et seq.) for use as a model airplane park.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 12, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Containing approximately 80 acres.

The lands are presently withdrawn under SO 7/30/1931 withdrawing

the lands for use by Salt River Project. It has been determined that

the two uses (R&PP lease or conveyance and the withdrawal) are

compatible uses. The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Lease

or conveyance is consistent with current Bureau of Land Management land

use planning and would be in the public interest.

The lease or conveyance would be subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and all

regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.

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

with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.

3. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the

authority of the United States.

4. Those rights for power line purposes granted to the Bureau of

Reclamation by Right-of-Way PHX-086777.

5. Those rights for flood control purposes granted to the Maricopa

County Flood Control District by Right-of-Way AZA-3959.

6. All rights reserved by SO 7/30/1931 to Salt River Project.

For detailed information concerning this action, contact Jim

Andersen at the Phoenix Resource Area Office, 2015 West Deer Valley

Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027. Telephone (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. For a

period of 45 days from the date of publication of this Notice,

interested parties may submit comments regarding this 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 model airplane 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 Bureau of Land Management followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor not directly

related to the suitability of the land for a model airplane park. 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 in the Federal Register.

Dated: November 15, 1994.

David J. Miller,

Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 94-29127 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]

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