Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification, Pinal County, AZ, 18392 [2022-06653]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06653]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[212.LLAZP02000.L14400000.EQ0000; AZA-38146]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification, Pinal County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Pinal County, AZ, filed an application with the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) to develop three parcels of BLM-managed land as part 
of a regional park that will help meet expanding recreational needs in 
the area near Maricopa, AZ. The BLM, Lower Sonoran Field Office, 
examined the three parcels consisting of approximately 497 acres of 
public land and determined that the parcels are suitable for 
classification under the provisions of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended. The R&PP Act allows local governments 
to lease, develop, and subsequently acquire public lands for recreation 
and other public purposes if compliant with local government and BLM 
land use planning. The R&PP project is consistent with the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act, as amended, and associated BLM regulations 
and policies.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
classification and decision to issue a lease on or before May 16, 2022. 
In the absence of adverse comments, the decision to lease the land will 
become effective no less than 60 days after the date of publication in 
the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office 
(LSFO), Attn: Ryan Randell, Realty Specialist, 21605 North 7th Avenue, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85027 or fax to (623) 580-5580. Additional 
information, including the plan of development and environmental 
assessment, is available for public review at the LSFO, or online at: 
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2003296/510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Randell, Realty Specialist, 
telephone: (623) 580-5533, email: [email protected]. Individuals in the 
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The three parcels are located within the 
Palo Verde Mountains, west of the City of Maricopa and south of Arizona 
State Route 238, and are legally described as:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 4 S. R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 20, lot 4;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 4;
T. 5 S., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\, Excepting therefrom those portions lying within \1/2\ mile 
of the center line of the Tucson Electric Power right-of-way AZA-
7274.

    The areas described aggregate 497 acres, more or less.

    Plans for the R&PP Act project consist of new trailheads and 
staging areas, restrooms, shaded structures, host campsites, a 39-space 
campground with facilities, an archery range, and a day use off-highway 
vehicle area with parking. The project is consistent with the 
objectives of the BLM Lower Sonoran Resource Management Plan dated 
September 19, 2012, and was analyzed consistent with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Additional information, including the 
plan of development and environmental assessment, is available for 
public review at the LSFO (see ADDRESSES section) or online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2003296/510.
    The lease document, if issued, will be subject to the provisions of 
the R&PP Act and the following terms and conditions:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights.
    2. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the lessee's use, occupancy, or 
occupations on the leased lands.
    The lands as described above have been found suitable for leasing 
under the R&PP Act. 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. The segregation will remain until an Opening Order is published 
in the Federal Register or the application is withdrawn.
    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the land for development of a regional park in Pinal County and 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 whether the proposed use 
is consistent with State and Federal programs. Comments may also 
include concerns over the specific use proposed in the application and 
whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching 
the decision to lease the lands under the R&PP Act. Only written 
comments submitted to the BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office will be 
considered properly filed.
    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 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. Any adverse comments will be considered protests and 
will be reviewed by the BLM Arizona State Director, who may sustain, 
vacate, or modify this realty action.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5)

Edward Kender,
Field Manager, BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-06653 Filed 3-29-22; 8:45 am]
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