81 FR 20669 - Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Uinta County, WY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), as amended, approximately 10 acres of public land in Uinta County, Wyoming. Uinta County, Wyoming, proposes to use the land for an expansion of the Bridger Valley Landfill for a municipal solid waste transfer station.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20669-20670]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08188]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWYD09000.L14400000.FR0000; WYW-171474]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification of Public Lands in Uinta County, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found 
suitable for classification for conveyance under the provisions of the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), as amended, approximately 10 
acres of public land in Uinta County, Wyoming. Uinta County, Wyoming, 
proposes to use the land for an expansion of the Bridger Valley 
Landfill for a municipal solid waste transfer station.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed 
conveyance or classification of the lands until May 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Mail: Field Manager, Kemmerer Field Office, 430 North 
Highway 189, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
     Email: [email protected] with ``Uinta County R&PP'' 
in the subject line.
    Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the 
Kemmerer Field Office at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Lamborn, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Kemmerer Field Office, 430 North Highway 189, Kemmerer, WY 83101; 
telephone 307-828-4505; email [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf 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: In accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 3150), and Executive Order No. 6910, the 
following described public land in Uinta County, Wyoming, has been 
examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance under the 
provisions of the R&PP, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 16 N., R. 115 W.,
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\.

    The land described contains 10 acres in Uinta County, Wyoming, 
according to the official plat of the survey of the said land, on 
file with the BLM.

    In accordance with the R&PP, Uinta County filed an application to 
purchase the above described 10 acres of public land to be developed as 
a municipal solid waste transfer station, as an expansion of the 
existing Bridger Valley Landfill. Additional detailed information 
pertaining to this application, plan of development, and site plan is 
in case file WYW-171474, located in the BLM Kemmerer Field Office at 
the above address.
    The conveyance is consistent with the Kemmerer Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) dated May 2010, as amended by the Approved RMP Amendments 
for the Rocky Mountain Region (ARMPA) approved September 22, 2015. The 
proposal is consistent with the objectives, goals, and decision of the 
2010 BLM Kemmerer RMP, and would be in the public interest. The ARMPA 
Management Decision, LR 7, allows for lands within general habitat 
management areas to be disposed of, as long as the action is consistent 
with the goals and objectives of the plan, including, but not limited 
to, the RMP

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goal to conserve, recover, and enhance sage-grouse habitat on a 
landscape scale.
    The parcel of land is not required for any other Federal purposes 
and does not contain other known public values. The patent will include 
an appropriate indemnification claim protecting the United States from 
claims arising out of the patentee's use occupancy or occupations on 
the patented lands. The BLM will retain all mineral rights.
    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 general mining laws, except for conveyance 
under the R&PP, leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and disposals 
under the mineral material disposal laws. This segregative effect will 
end upon issuance of the patent, publication in the Federal Register of 
a termination of the segregation, or April 9, 2018, unless extended by 
the BLM State Director in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1-2(d) prior to 
the termination date.
    The patent, if issued, will be subject to the provisions of the 
R&PP and applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and 
will contain the following reservations to the United States:
    1. All minerals, 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;
    2. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890, 
(43 U.S.C. 945); and
    3. All valid existing rights of record, including those documented 
on the official public land records at the time of patent issuance.
    4. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the patentee's use, occupancy, or 
operations on the patented lands.
    5. No portion of the land shall under any circumstance revert to 
the United States if any such portion has been used for solid waste 
disposal or for any other purpose which may result in the disposal, 
placement, or release of any hazardous substance.
    Detailed information concerning these actions is available for 
review at the address above during normal business hours, 7:45 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays.
    Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of 
the lands for a municipal solid waste transfer station. Classification 
comments are restricted to whether the land is physically suitable 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.
    Interested parties may submit comments regarding the conveyance and 
specific uses proposed in the application and plan of development, 
whether the BLM followed proper administrative procedures in reaching 
the decision to convey under the R&PP, or any other factor not directly 
related to the suitability of the land for R&PP use.
    Interested parties may submit written comments to the BLM Kemmerer 
Field Manager at the address above. Comments, including names and 
street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at 
the BLM Kemmerer Field Office during regular business hours.
    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 State Director, who 
may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of 
timely filed objections, the classification of the land described in 
this notice will become effective June 7, 2016. The lands will not be 
available for conveyance until after the classification becomes 
effective.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5(h).

Brian W. Davis,
Acting State Director, Wyoming.
[FR Doc. 2016-08188 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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