Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Arizona, 52578-52579 [E7-18190]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 178 (Friday, September 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52578-52579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18190]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-110-1492 ES; AZA-30975]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Mohave County, Arizona, have 
been examined by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and found suitable 
for classification for lease or conveyance to Littlefield Unified 
School District 9 and under the provisions of the Recreation 
and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq., and 
under Sec. 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315(f), and Executive 
Order No. 6910.

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 39 N., R. 16 W.,
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
E\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    The area described contains 35 acres, more or less, in Mohave 
County.

    The Littlefield Unified School District 9 has not applied 
for more than the 6,400 acre limitation for recreation uses in a year.
    The Littlefield Unified School District 9 has submitted a 
statement in compliance with the regulations at 43 CFR 2741.4(b). The 
Littlefield Unified School District 9 proposes to use the land 
as a site for public school building(s). The first phase of development 
would be to relocate one or more portable classrooms from the old 
elementary school campus in Littlefield. Later phases would include 
constructing permanent facilities for upper-level grades K-12.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 29, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information including but not limited to, a 
proposed development plan and documentation relating to compliance with 
applicable environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for 
review at the BLM, Arizona Strip Field Office, 345 E. Riverside Dr., 
St. George, Utah 84790.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Ford, Team Lead, 435-688-3271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands are not needed for Federal 
purposes. Lease or conveyance of the lands for recreational or public 
purposes use is in conformance with the BLM Arizona Strip District 
Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
dated January 1992, as amended, and would be in the public interest.
    All interested parties will receive a copy of this notice once it 
is published in the Federal Register. The notice will be published in 
the newspaper of local circulation for three consecutive weeks. The 
regulations do not require a public meeting.
    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 R&PP Act and leasing under the mineral leasing 
laws.
    The lease or conveyance of the land, when issued, will be subject 
to the following terms, conditions, and reservations:
    1. A right-of-way thereon 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).
    2. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to all applicable regulations of 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals, 
including all necessary access and exit.
    4. All valid existing rights, documented on the official public 
land records at the time of lease or patent issuance.
    5. CERCLA Term: ``Pursuant to the requirements established by 
section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (43 U.S.C. 9620(h)) (CERCLA), as amended 
by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1988 (100 Stat. 
1670), notice is hereby given that the above-described land has been 
examined and no evidence was found to indicate that any hazardous 
substances had been stored for one year or more,

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nor had any hazardous substances been disposed of or released on the 
subject property.''
    6. Indemnification Term: ``All lessees, purchasers, or patentees, 
by accepting a lease or patent, covenant and agree to indemnify, 
defend, and hold the United States harmless from any costs, damages, 
claims, causes of action, penalties, fines, liabilities, and judgments 
of any kind or nature arising from the past, present, and future acts 
or omissions of the patentees or their employees, agents, contractors, 
or lessees, or any third-party, arising out of or in connection with 
the patentees' use, occupancy, or operations on the patented real 
property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes, 
but is not limited to, acts and omissions of the patentees and their 
employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, or any third party, arising 
out of or in connection with the use and/or occupancy of the patented 
real property which has already resulted or does hereafter result in: 
(1) Violations of Federal, State, and local laws and regulations that 
are now or may in the future become, applicable to the real property; 
(2) Judgments, claims, or demands of any kind assessed against the 
United States; (3) Costs, expenses, or damages of any kind incurred by 
the United States; (4) Releases or threatened releases of solid or 
hazardous waste(s) and/or hazardous substances(s), as defined by 
Federal or State environmental laws, off, on, into or under land, 
property and other interests of the United States; (5) Activities by 
which solids or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by Federal 
and State environmental laws are generated, released, stored, used or 
otherwise disposed of on the patented real property, and any cleanup 
response, remedial action or other actions related in any manner to 
said solid or hazardous substances or wastes; or (6) Natural resource 
damages as defined by Federal and State law. Patentee shall stipulate 
that it will be solely responsible for compliance with all applicable 
Federal, State and local environmental and regulatory provisions, 
throughout the life of the facility, including any closure or post-
closure requirements that may be imposed with respect to any physical 
plant or facility upon the real property under any Federal, State or 
local environmental laws or regulatory provisions. This covenant shall 
be construed as running with the above described parcel of land 
patented or otherwise conveyed by the United States, and may be 
enforced by the United States in a court of competent jurisdiction.
    7. Terms and conditions identified through the site-specific 
environmental analysis.
    Classification Comments: Interested persons may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for development of public school 
building(s). 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 persons 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 lands for public school building(s). Any adverse 
comments will be reviewed by the BLM State Director. In the absence of 
any adverse comments, the classification will become effective on 
November 13, 2007. The lands will not be offered for conveyance until 
after the classification becomes effective.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

Becky J. Hammond,
Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-18190 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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