Notice of Realty Action: Classification and Segregation for Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes for Proposed Poston Butte Preserve in Pinal County, AZ, 70206-70207 [2019-27498]
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the Department of the Interior
Regulations (43 CFR part 46)
implementing the procedural
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), and in accordance with
the exercise of authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by
part 209 of the Department Manual.
Dated: December 17, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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37401]
Notice of Realty Action: Classification
and Segregation for Lease/
Conveyance for Recreation and Public
Purposes for Proposed Poston Butte
Preserve in Pinal County, AZ
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section 7
of the Taylor Grazing Act and Executive
Order 6910, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has examined
certain public lands in Pinal County,
Arizona, and has found them suitable
for classification for lease or conveyance
to the Town of Florence, under the
provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes (R&PP) Act of June 14, 1926,
as amended.
DATES: Interested parties may submit
written comments regarding this
proposed classification for lease or
conveyance on or before February 3,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Edward J. Kender, Field Manager, BLM
Lower Sonoran Field Office, 21605
North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027.
Detailed information including, but not
limited to, a proposed plan of
development and preliminary maps are
available for review during business
hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain
Standard Time, Monday through Friday,
except during Federal holidays, at the
BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sirita Benally, Realty Specialist, at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section,
by phone at 623–580–5557, or by email
at sbenally@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at 1–800–877–8339 to leave a message
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or question for the above individual.
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Town
of Florence has submitted a statement in
compliance with the regulations at 43
CFR 2741.4(b) and proposes to use the
land to develop a public park for
recreational purposes to meet future
recreational needs. The project consists
of non-motorized recreational trails,
trailheads, picnic facilities, restrooms,
perimeter fencing, site furnishings,
directional and interpretive signage, and
parking. The Town of Florence, has not
applied for more than the 6,400-acre
limitation for recreation uses in a year
(or 640 acres if a nonprofit corporation
or association), nor more than 640 acres
for each of the programs involving
public resources other than recreation.
The lands examined and identified as
suitable for lease or conveyance under
the R&PP Act are legally described as:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 4 S., R. 9 E.,
Section 26, that portion of the NW1⁄4 lying
north of the existing railroad right-ofway;
Section 27, N1⁄2NW1⁄4
The area described contains approximately
200 acres aggregate.
Lease or conveyance of the lands for
recreational or public purposes use is in
conformance with the BLM Lower
Sonoran Record of Decision & Approved
Resource Management Plan, approved
September 2012.
The parcels are not identified as
access points for recreation in
accordance with Secretary’s Order
3373—Evaluating Public Access in
Bureau of Land Management Public
Land Disposals and Exchanges. There
are no anticipated impacts from the
BLM-managed public land disposal on
recreational access to adjacent tracts of
publicly accessible lands.
All interested parties will receive a
copy of this notice once it is published
in the Federal Register. A copy of the
Federal Register notice with
information about this proposed realty
action will be published in the
newspaper of local circulation once a
week for three consecutive weeks. The
regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 2741
addressing requirements and procedures
for conveyances under the R&PP Act do
not require a public meeting.
Upon publication of this notice in the
Federal Register the lands will be
segregated from all forms of
appropriation under the public land
laws, including the United States
general mining laws, except for lease or
conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing
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under the mineral leasing laws and
disposals under the mineral material
disposal laws.
The lease or conveyance of the land,
when issued, will be subject to the
following terms, conditions and
reservations:
1. The reservation to the United States of
a right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals
constructed by the authority of the United
States, Act of August 30, 1890 (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 such deposits
from the same under applicable law and such
regulations as the Secretary of the Interior
may prescribe; and subject to valid exiting
rights;
4. An appropriate indemnification clause
protecting the United States from claims
arising out of the lessee’s/patentee’s use,
occupancy, or occupations on the leased/
patented lands;
5. Any other reservations that the
authorized officer determines appropriate to
ensure public access and proper management
of Federal lands and interests therein; and
Additional terms, conditions and
reservations may be added that the
authorized officer deems appropriate.
Classification Comments: Interested
persons may submit comments
involving the suitability of the land for
development of public parks for
recreational purposes. 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 written comments,
including notification of any
encumbrances or other claims relating
to the land, information regarding
specific use proposed in the application,
whether the BLM followed proper
administrative procedures in reaching
the decision to segregate the lands, or
any other factor not directly related to
the suitability of the lands for the R&PP
lease/patent.
Any adverse comments will be
reviewed by the BLM State Director or
other authorized official of the
Department of the Interior, who may
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty
action. In the absence of any adverse
comments, the classification will
become effective on February 18, 2020.
The lands will not be offered for
conveyance until after the classification
becomes effective.
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Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in any
comment, 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, the
BLM cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.
Edward J. Kender,
Field Manager, Lower Sonoran Field Office.
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Notice of Availability for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Blackrock Land
Exchange, Bannock and Power
Counties, Idaho
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Pocatello Field Office, in Pocatello,
Idaho, has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the proposed Blackrock Land
Exchange. By this notice, the BLM is
announcing the beginning of the 45-day
public comment period for the Draft
EIS.
SUMMARY:
In order to have comments
considered for inclusion in the Final
EIS, the BLM must receive comments on
the Draft EIS by February 3, 2020, or 45
days following the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register, whichever is
greater.
The date(s) and location(s) of public
meetings are:
• January 7, 2020 from 4–6 p.m. at the
Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event
Center, 777 Bannock Trail Avenue,
Fort Hall, Idaho
• January 8, 2020 from 5–7 p.m. at the
BLM Pocatello Field Office, 4350
Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho
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You may submit comments
related to the proposed Blackrock Land
Exchange only by the following
methods:
• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xEUuc.
• Fax: 208.478.6376.
• Mail: BLM, Pocatello Field Office,
Attention: Blackrock Land Exchange,
4350 S Cliffs Dr., Pocatello, ID 83204.
A copy of the Draft EIS is available at
the BLM’s ePlanning website: https://
go.usa.gov/xEUuc. A hard copy of the
document can be reviewed at the BLM
Pocatello Field Office, at the address
listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryce Anderson, Project Manager, by
telephone: 208–478–6353; address: 4350
S Cliffs Dr., Pocatello, ID 83204; or
email: bdanderson@blm.gov. People
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact Mr. Anderson. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with Mr.
Anderson. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
is the lead agency for the proposed land
exchange. The Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality (IDEQ), Idaho
Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral
Resources (OEMR), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), and
Department of Interior Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) are Cooperating Agencies.
In 1994, the J.R. Simplot Company
(Simplot) submitted an application to
acquire 719 acres of Federal land
managed by the BLM in exchange for
667 acres of non-Federal land. The
Federal lands are adjacent to Simplot’s
Don Plant in Power and Bannock
Counties, Idaho. The non-Federal lands
are located in the Blackrock and Caddy
Canyon areas in Bannock County
approximately 5 miles east-southeast of
Pocatello.
In 1998, pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability
Act, the Don Plant facilities and the
surrounding area, known as the Eastern
Michaud Flats (EMF), were designated
as a Superfund Site, including a portion
of the proposed Federal lands to be
exchanged. The BLM prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) to
analyze the proposed land exchange and
issued a Decision Record/Finding of No
Significant Impact (DR/FONSI) on
December 21, 2007. The ShoshoneBannock Tribes litigated the decision in
District Court. In May 2011, the Court
granted the tribes’ motion and
remanded the DR/FONSI to the BLM,
ordering the agency to prepare an EIS.
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The BLM’s purpose is to evaluate the
land exchange proposal. If approved,
the proposal would improve resource
management in an area containing
crucial mule deer winter range and
secure permanent public access within
a popular recreation area. The BLM’s
need is to respond to the proposal
pursuant to FLPMA. Simplot’s purpose
for the proposed land exchange is to
implement legally enforceable controls
as directed by the EPA and IDEQ. To
meet fluoride reduction requirements
from a 2016 Consent Order with the
IDEQ, Simplot has proposed
construction of cooling ponds adjacent
to the Don Plant, which would require
the acquisition of adjacent Federal
lands. Additionally, this acquisition
would allow Simplot to maximize the
operational life of its ongoing phosphate
processing operations at the Don Plant
by expanding gypsum stacks onto
adjacent land.
A Notice of Intent to prepare this EIS
was published in the Federal Register
on May 20, 2019 (84 FR 22893),
initiating a 45-day public scoping
period during which the BLM accepted
comments on the proposed land
exchange. Key resource issues identified
during scoping include: Air quality,
cultural resources, fish and wildlife,
hazardous and solid wastes, lands and
realty, recreation, socioeconomics,
environmental justice, tribal treaty
rights, visual resources, and water
resources. Based on feedback from
Cooperating Agencies, stakeholders, and
public scoping, the BLM has developed
alternatives to the Proposed Action,
including a No Action Alternative,
which are detailed in the Draft EIS.
The BLM will fulfill the public
involvement requirements under the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) (54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided
in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3) through the NEPA
process. Information the BLM receives
about historic and cultural resources
within the area potentially affected by
the proposed action will assist the BLM
in identifying and evaluating impacts to
such resources in the context of both
NEPA and Section 106 of the NHPA.
The BLM will continue consulting
with Native American tribes on a
government-to-government basis in
accordance with Executive Order 13175
and other policies. The BLM will give
tribal concerns due consideration,
including impacts on Native American
trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X.LL.AZP01000.L1400000.EQ0000; AZA-37401]
Notice of Realty Action: Classification and Segregation for
Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes for Proposed Poston
Butte Preserve in Pinal County, AZ
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act and
Executive Order 6910, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
has examined certain public lands in Pinal County, Arizona, and has
found them suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the
Town of Florence, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes (R&PP) Act of June 14, 1926, as amended.
DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding this
proposed classification for lease or conveyance on or before February
3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Edward J. Kender, Field Manager,
BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office, 21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ
85027. Detailed information including, but not limited to, a proposed
plan of development and preliminary maps are available for review
during business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time,
Monday through Friday, except during Federal holidays, at the BLM Lower
Sonoran Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sirita Benally, Realty Specialist, at
the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, by phone at 623-580-5557,
or by email at [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above individual. The
FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Town of Florence has submitted a
statement in compliance with the regulations at 43 CFR 2741.4(b) and
proposes to use the land to develop a public park for recreational
purposes to meet future recreational needs. The project consists of
non-motorized recreational trails, trailheads, picnic facilities,
restrooms, perimeter fencing, site furnishings, directional and
interpretive signage, and parking. The Town of Florence, has not
applied for more than the 6,400-acre limitation for recreation uses in
a year (or 640 acres if a nonprofit corporation or association), nor
more than 640 acres for each of the programs involving public resources
other than recreation. The lands examined and identified as suitable
for lease or conveyance under the R&PP Act are legally described as:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 4 S., R. 9 E.,
Section 26, that portion of the NW\1/4\ lying north of the
existing railroad right-of-way;
Section 27, N\1/2\NW\1/4\
The area described contains approximately 200 acres aggregate.
Lease or conveyance of the lands for recreational or public
purposes use is in conformance with the BLM Lower Sonoran Record of
Decision & Approved Resource Management Plan, approved September 2012.
The parcels are not identified as access points for recreation in
accordance with Secretary's Order 3373--Evaluating Public Access in
Bureau of Land Management Public Land Disposals and Exchanges. There
are no anticipated impacts from the BLM-managed public land disposal on
recreational access to adjacent tracts of publicly accessible lands.
All interested parties will receive a copy of this notice once it
is published in the Federal Register. A copy of the Federal Register
notice with information about this proposed realty action will be
published in the newspaper of local circulation once a week for three
consecutive weeks. The regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 2741 addressing
requirements and procedures for conveyances under the R&PP Act do not
require a public meeting.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register the lands
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public
land laws, including the United States general mining laws, except for
lease or conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral
leasing laws and disposals under the mineral material disposal laws.
The lease or conveyance of the land, when issued, will be subject
to the following terms, conditions and reservations:
1. The reservation to the United States of a right-of-way
thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the authority of the
United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (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 such deposits from
the same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary
of the Interior may prescribe; and subject to valid exiting rights;
4. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United
States from claims arising out of the lessee's/patentee's use,
occupancy, or occupations on the leased/patented lands;
5. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal
lands and interests therein; and
Additional terms, conditions and reservations may be added that the
authorized officer deems appropriate.
Classification Comments: Interested persons may submit comments
involving the suitability of the land for development of public parks
for recreational purposes. 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 written
comments, including notification of any encumbrances or other claims
relating to the land, information regarding specific use proposed in
the application, whether the BLM followed proper administrative
procedures in reaching the decision to segregate the lands, or any
other factor not directly related to the suitability of the lands for
the R&PP lease/patent.
Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM State Director or
other authorized official of the Department of the Interior, who may
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any
adverse comments, the classification will become effective on February
18, 2020. The lands will not be offered for conveyance until after the
classification becomes effective.
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Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in any comment, 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, the BLM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.
Edward J. Kender,
Field Manager, Lower Sonoran Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-27498 Filed 12-19-19; 8:45 am]
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