Farmington District; Realty ActionRecreation and Public Purpose Act Classification, New Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NM-070-1430-01; NMNM93630]

Farmington District; Realty Action--Recreation and Public Purpose

Act Classification, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. Recreation and Public Purpose lease/

patent of public land in San Juan County, New Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The following described public lands are determined suitable

for classification for leasing and/or later patenting to the City of

Farmington under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes

(R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City of Farmington

proposes to use the land for additional classroom areas and

instructional areas for police officers for use in conjunction with the

adjacent law enforcement officers' training facility, school children's

street safety classes, the fire department's stop, drop, and roll

training for children, hunter safety training, and driver training.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 30 N., R. 14 W.,

Sec. 35, NW\1/4\ of Lot 4.

Containing 10 acres, more or less.

COMMENT DATES: On or before January 23, 1995, interested parties may

submit comments regarding the proposed lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the Bureau of Land Management at the

following address. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Bureau

of Land Management, Farmington District Manager, 1235 LaPlata Highway,

Farmington, NM 87401, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty

action. In the absence of any advance comments, this realty action

becomes the final determination of the Department of the Interior and

effective February 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information related to this action,

including the environmental assessment, is available for review at the

Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District Office, 1235 LaPlata

Highway, Farmington, NM 87401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice segregates the

public land described above 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 and

leasing under the mineral leasing laws for a period of two (2) years

from date of this publication in the Federal Register. The segregative

affect will terminate upon issuance of the lease or patent to the City

of Farmington, or two (2) years from the date of this publication,

whichever occurs first.

The lease, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:

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

applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.

2. Provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

(RCRA) as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6987 and the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 and all applicable regulations.

3. Provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

4. Provisions that the lease be operated in compliance with the

approved Development Plan.

The patent, when issued, will be subject to the following terms:

1. Reservation the United States of a right-of-way for ditches and

canals in accordance with 43 U.S.C. 945.

2. Reservation to the United States of all minerals.

3. All valid existing rights, e.g. rights-of-way and leases of

record.

4. Provisions that if the patentee or its successor attempts to

transfer title to or control over the land to another or the land is

devoted to a use other than that for which the land was conveyed,

without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate,

or prohibits or restricts, directly or indirectly, or permits its

agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors, including without

limitation, lessees, sublessees and permittees), to prohibit or

restrict, directly or indirectly, the use of any part of the patented

lands or any of the facilities whereon by any person because of such

person's race, creed, color, or national origin, title shall revert to

the United States.

The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Leasing and later

patenting is consistent with current Bureau of Land Management policies

and land use planning. The estimated intended time of lease issuance is

February 15, 1995, with the patent being issued upon substantial

development taking place. The proposal serves the public interest

because it would provide additional land necessary to expand a law

enforcement officers' training facility to accommodate additional

classroom areas and instructional areas for the officers and other

publics.

Dated: December 1, 1994.

Joel E. Farrell,

Assistant District Manager for Lands and Renewable Resources.

[FR Doc. 94-30178 Filed 12-7-94; 8:45 am]

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