Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act Classification; Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[AK-060-4230-03; FF-91037]

Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purpose (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 have been examined and found

suitable for classification for lease to the University of Alaska

Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology for the use as a research

facility under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purpose Act,

as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

T. 9 S., R. 11 E., Umiat Meridian

Sections 29 and 32, partial

Containing 26.84 acres more or less.

The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Lease of these lands

is consistent with current land use planning for the area and would be

in the public interest.

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

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purpose 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.

Detailed information concerning this action is available for review

at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Arctic District Office,

1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709.

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

under the Recreation and Public Purpose 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 parties

may submit comments regarding the proposed lease or classification of

the lands to the District Manager, Arctic District Office, 1150

University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709.

Classification comments: Interested parties may submit comments

involving the suitability of the land for a research facility. 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 research facility.

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 the publication of this notice in

the Federal Register.

Dated: March 25, 1994.

Dee R. Ritchie,

Arctic District Manager.

[FR Doc. 94-8288 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]

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