81 FR 11589 - Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Lease (N-93838), Transfer of Interest and Change of Use of Public Lands in Clark County, NV

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 43 (March 4, 2016)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, received notification from the City of Las Vegas to transfer their interest of a previously approved Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act lease to Opportunity Village. Opportunity Village, (a nonprofit) proposes to change the use of the original R&PP lease from a park site to a park, unemployment resource center, and arts enrichment center with appurtenances for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11589-11590]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04807]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Lease (N-
93838), Transfer of Interest and Change of Use of Public Lands in Clark 
County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, 
received notification from the City of Las Vegas to transfer their 
interest of a previously approved Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act lease to Opportunity Village. Opportunity Village, (a nonprofit) 
proposes to change the use of the original R&PP lease from a park site 
to a park, unemployment resource center, and arts enrichment center 
with appurtenances for children and adults with intellectual 
disabilities.

DATES: Comments regarding the transfer of interest and the change of 
use must be submitted to the BLM on or before April 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 
4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, or email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerri-Anne Thorpe, 702-515-5196, or 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The transfer of interest requested by the 
City of Las Vegas to Opportunity Village and the change of use from a 
park site to a park, unemployment resource center, and arts enrichment 
center with appurtenances for children and adults with intellectual 
disabilities is consistent with the BLM Las Vegas Resource Management 
Plan dated October 5, 1998, and would be in the public interest. The 
change of use area was previously analyzed under Environmental 
Assessments NV-050-30 dated June 30, 1983, and NV-S010-2009-0012-EA 
dated December 30, 2008. The environmental consequences of the new use 
were reviewed in Determination of NEPA Adequacy DOI-BLM-NV-S010-2016-
0008-DNA dated January 11, 2016. On February 18, 2015, the City of Las 
Vegas relinquished 16.61 acres to allow Opportunity Village to apply 
for an R&PP lease for park, unemployment resource center, and arts 
enrichment center with appurtenances for children and adults with 
intellectual disabilities. The parcel of land is located on the corner 
of Thom and Rome Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is legally 
described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 24, lot 5.

    The area described contains 16.61 acres.

    The change of use area would be from a park site to a park, 
unemployment resource center, and arts enrichment center with 
appurtenances for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. 
The appurtenances include a storage building, loading dock, refuse 
enclosure, parking lots, landscaping, lighting, walkways, drainage, 
irrigation, utilities, and ancillary improvements. Additional detailed 
information pertaining to this application, plan of development, and 
site plan is in case file N-93838, which is located at the BLM, Las 
Vegas Field Office at the address listed above.
    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The Opportunity 
Village, a qualified applicant under the R&PP Act, has not applied for 
more than the 640 acre limitation consistent with 43 CFR 2741.7(a)(5), 
and has submitted a statement in compliance with the regulation at 43 
CFR 2741.4(b).
    The change of use of the public land shall be subject to valid 
existing rights as previously published. Upon publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, the land above will be segregated from 
all other forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the general mining laws, except for lease and/or subsequent conveyance 
under the R&PP Act, leasing under the mineral laws, and disposals under 
the mineral material disposal laws.
    Interested parties may submit written comments on the suitability 
of the land for use as a park, unemployment resource center, and arts 
enrichment center with appurtenances for children and adults with 
intellectual disabilities.

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Interested parties may also submit written comments regarding the 
specific use proposed in the application and plan of development, and 
whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching 
the decision to change the use from a park to a park, unemployment 
resource center, and arts enrichment center with appurtenances for 
children and adults with intellectual disabilities under the R&PP Act, 
or any other factor not directly related to the suitability of the land 
for R&PP use.
    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 reviewed by the BLM Nevada 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 decision will become effective on 
May 3, 2016.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5(h).

Vanessa L. Hice,
Assistant Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-04807 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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