[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29131]


[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-010-1430-01; NMNM 92922]


Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; New 
Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have 
been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or 
conveyance to the State of New Mexico, New Mexico State Game 
Commission, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) The Game Commission proposes to 
sublease the property to the Wildlife Center, a non-profit 
organization, for wildlife rehabilitation and public environmental 
education.

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico

T. 20 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1, 2, E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 2, 7, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

    The area described contains 193.82 acres in Santa Fe County.

    The lands are not needed for Federal purposes and have been 
identified for disposal from Federal ownership by the current planning 
document (Taos Resource Management Plan).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chet Grandjean, Bureau of Land 
Management, Taos Resource Area, 224 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico 
87571 or at (505) 758-8851.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to District Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, Albuquerque District Office, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, 
NM 87107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lease and/or conveyance of the lands 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 Act of August 30, 1890, 26 Stat. 391, 43 
U.S.C. 945.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    4. Those rights for a road granted to Santa Fe County by right-of-
way NMNM 59177 and powerline right-of-way NMNM 8271 granted to Jemez 
Mountains Electric Coop.
    5. 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.
    6. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein.
    Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
lands, including the general mining laws, except for lease or 
conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws.
    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed 
lease/conveyance or classification of the lands on or within 45 days of 
the date of publication of this notice.

Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for wildlife rehabilitation and 
public environmental education.
    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 
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 wildlife rehabilitation and public 
environmental education.
    Adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, this classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: November 10, 1994.
Sue E. Richardson,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-29131 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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