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

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[AZ-024-04-4210-05; AZA-26770]

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

Classification; Arizona

agency: Notice.

summary: The following public lands in Gila County, Arizona have been

examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance

to the City of Globe under the provisions of the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City of Globe

proposes to use the lands for a city park.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 15 1/2 E.,

Sec. 22, lots 19 and 20, lot 21 excepting unpatented mining

claims;

Sec. 27, lot 1, NE\1/4\ excepting unpatented mining claims, E\1/

2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

Containing approximately 453 acres. Prior to conveyance, a

survey will be completed to legally describe the public land.

The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Lease or conveyance

is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the

public interest.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be subject to the following

terms, conditions and reservations:

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

applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.

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

authority of the United States.

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

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

4. A right-of-way for highway purposes granted to Arizona

Department of Transportation by Right-of-Way No. AZAR-0015811, and

reserving to the United States the right to enforce all or any of the

terms and conditions of the right-of-way.

5. Those rights for railroad purposes granted to Gila Valley/Globe

Railroad by Right-of-Way No. AXPHX-0006404.

6. Those rights for road purposes granted to the City of Globe by

Right-of-Way No. AZA-24769.

7. Those rights as the grazing permittee, Donald H. Harrington, may

have to continue his current grazing use for two years. (Grazing Record

No. 06050)

For detailed information concerning this action, contact Jack

Ragsdale at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix

Resource Area, 2015 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona, (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 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 lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the District Manager, Phoenix District

Office, 2015 W. Deer Valley Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85027, (602) 780-8090.

Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments

involving the suitability of the land for a 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 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 of this notice in the

Federal Register.

Dated: March 24, 1994.

David J. Miller,

Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 94-7663 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]

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