[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 68290-68291] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-32907] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [AZ-050-97-1430-01; AZA 29058] Arizona; Notice of Realty Action AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Classification of Public Land for Recreation and Public Purposes Lease/Conveyance, La Paz County, Arizona. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following described public land has been examined and found suitable for classification for lease and conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.): Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona T. 3 N., R. 19 W., sec. 20, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\. Containing 5 acres, more or less. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Quartzsite, Arizona, Fire Department has filed an R&PP application amending their original legal description for a fire station (Fire Station #3) that would be located in La Paz Valley along County 53rd Street North approximately 6 miles south of Quartzsite. A facility is needed in this part of the Fire District to serve the nearby subdivision which currently has no fire station. This land is identified in the Yuma District Resource Management Plan, as amended, as having potential for disposal. Leave and conveyance of the land for recreational or public purposes would be in the public interest. Lease and conveyance, when issued, will contain the following reservations to the United States: 1. Rights-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the authority of the United States. 2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the same under applicable law and regulations to be established by the Secretary of the Interior. And will be subject to: 1. The provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior. 2. Those rights for a public road granted to the La Paz County Department of Public Works (AZA 25925). 3. Those rights for a buried telephone cable granted to Southwestern Telephone Company (AZA 22967). Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease and conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral [[Page 68291]] leasing laws, and material disposal laws. CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the Field Manager, Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365. Comments should address the suitability of the land for a fire station. Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land is physically suited for the above mentioned use, 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 fire station. EFFECTIVE DATE: Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Arizona State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification of the land described in this Notice will become effective February 25, 1997. The lands will not be offered for lease and conveyance until after the classification becomes effective. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Curtis, Realty Specialist, Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365, telephone (520) 317-3237. Dated: December 17, 1996. Gail Acheson, Field Manager, Yuma. [FR Doc. 96-32907 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-M