[Federal Register: August 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 160)]
[Notices]
[Page 46495-46496]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-110-1492-ES; AZA-33679]
Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act
Classification; Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 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 Mohave Community College
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. 41 N., R. 15 W.
Sec. 35, N1/2SE1/4 (area south and east of Interstate 15 only).
The area described contains, 40 acres, more or less.
The Mohave Community College has not applied for more than the
6,400 acre limitation for recreation uses in a year.
The Mohave Community College has submitted a statement in
compliance with the regulations at 43 CFR 2741.4(b). The Mohave
Community College proposes to use the land as a community college
campus. The initial phase of construction will be a single building for
several offices and classrooms. Later phases would include additional
classrooms, laboratories, vocational instructional areas, faculty and
administrative offices, support space, student activity areas,
conference centers, performing arts venues, and fields and courts for
sports activities.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 4, 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 Drive,
St. George, UT 84790.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Ford, Team Lead, 435-688-3271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands are not needed for any Federal
purposes.
Lease or conveyance of the lands for recreational or public
purposes use is in conformance with the 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
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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.
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 (42 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, 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.
8. Those rights granted to Mohave County Board of Supervisors for a
road right-of-way AZA-21199.
9. Those rights granted to Rio Virgin Telephone Co. for a telephone
line right-of-way AZA-30658.
10. Those rights granted to Thomas Cheney for a road right-of-way
AZA-31716.
11. Those rights granted to Dixie Escalante Electric for a power
line right-of-way AZA-24946.
12. Those rights granted to Arizona Department of Transportation
for a highway and drainage easements right-of-way AZAR-031230.
Classification Comments
Interested persons may submit comments involving the suitability of
the land for development of a community college campus. 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 a community college campus. Any adverse comments will be reviewed
by the BLM State Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the
classification will become effective on October 19, 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)
Dated: July 19, 2007.
Becky J. Hammond,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E7-16333 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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