[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25902-25903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12127]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-057-1430-01) COC-49757]
Notice of Realty Action--Fremont and Chaffee Counties
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action COC-49757, Recreation and Public
Purpose Classification, Application to Amend Lease, and Opening Order,
for the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Recreation and Public
Purposes Act Lease, Chaffee, and Fremont Counties, Colorado.
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SUMMARY: After completing an environmental assessment the following
public lands are classified as suitable for lease under the Recreation
and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) of July 14, 1926, as amended, 43 U.S.C.
869 et. seq., and the regulations thereunder 43 CFR 2740 and 2912. The
public lands involved are segregated from the public lands including
the general mining laws, except for the R&PP Act.
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 14 S., R. 78 W., section 23 that portion of the NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\MW\1/4\ west of Chaffee
County Road 102 consisting of approximately 12 acres known as the
Collegiate Peaks Gateway, Chaffee County.
T. 15 S., R. 78 W., section 12 SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ consisting of
approximately 10 acres known as Ruby Mountain, Chaffee County.
New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 49 N., R. 10 E., section 28, that portion of lots 6, 7, 10, and
11 lying north of U.S. Highway 50 right of way and south of the
Union Pacific Railroad right of way consisting of approximately 35
acres known as Point Bar, Fremont County.
T. 48 N., R. 11 E, section 35, that portion of lots 17, 18, 19, and
20 lying south of the Arkansas River and north of the U.S. Highway
50 right of way consisting of approximately 5 acres known as Canyon
Trading Post, Fremont County.
These four properties will be leased as part of the Arkansas
Headwaters Recreation Area administered jointly between the BLM and
the Colorado State Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Normal
terms, conditions, and standard stipulations will apply. In
addition, the lease will be subject to valid existing rights, and a
program of monitoring stream banks, riparian and wetland vegetation,
soil erosion, runoff sediment, upland vegetation, and the success of
any rehabilitation projects. The following public lands have been
leased under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. The
environmental assessment also determined that these parcels should
be removed from the lease. The lease is now amended and the lease of
these parcels is terminated to that extent and the associated
classifications are hereby terminated as authorized under 43 CFR
2741.5(h)(2):
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 18 S., R. 72 W., section 21, a portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ containing approximately 2 acres known
as Bootlegger, Fremont County, T. 18 S., R. 72 W, section 14, a
portion of lot 2 containing approximately 2 acres known as Parkdale,
Fremont County.
The following lands were classified but never leased as planned
under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. The classification is
hereby terminated as authorized by 43 CFR 2741.5(h)(2):
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 18 S., R. 71 W., section 18, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and
portions of the W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\
lying west of the threat of the Arkansas River containing
approximately 140 acres known as the Parkdale South parcel.
At 10 a.m. on July 1, 1999, the three parcels described above
known as Bootlegger Parkdale, and Parkdale South shall be opened to
the operation of public land laws, including the United States
mining laws, subject top valid existing rights, to the extent that
the existing R&PP classification segregated the sites.
DATES: Interested parties may submit comments on this action on or
before June 15, 1999. Objections will be reviewed and this realty
action may be sustained, vacated, or modified. Except as vacated or
modified, this realty action will become final effective July 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: District Manager, Canon City District Office, or Area
Manager, Royal Gorge Resource Area, 3170 E. Main St., Canon City, CO
81212. Telephone (719) 269-8500; TDD (719) 269-8597.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Hallock, Realty Specialist
Phone: (719) 269-8536.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Classification comments--interested parties
may submit comments involving the suitability of the land for the
purposes stated. Comments on the classification are restricted to
whether the land is physically suited for the proposal, whether the use
will maximize future use or uses of the land, whether the use is
consistent with local planning and zoning, or if the use if 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
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administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor
not directly related to the suitability of the land for the proposals.
This action is in response to applications by the Colorado State
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreations. Lease of the lands will not
be authorized until after the classification becomes effective. Lease
of the lands for recreational use would 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. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land
records at the time of lease issuance.
3. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal
lands and interests therein.
Adrian Neisius,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc 99-12127 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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