81 FR 21379 - Notice of Realty Action: Segregation and Classification for Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes Patent, in Humboldt County, NV

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Nevada, has found suitable for classification and conveyance 1,220 acres of public land in Humboldt County, Nevada, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, and provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act. The City of Winnemucca proposes to use the land for a new wastewater treatment and effluent disposal facility to serve Winnemucca, Nevada.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 21379]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08254]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Realty Action: Segregation and Classification for 
Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes Patent, in Humboldt 
County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, 
Nevada, has found suitable for classification and conveyance 1,220 
acres of public land in Humboldt County, Nevada, under the provisions 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, and 
provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act. The City of Winnemucca proposes 
to use the land for a new wastewater treatment and effluent disposal 
facility to serve Winnemucca, Nevada.

DATES: Submit written comments regarding this conveyance, 
classification, segregation, on or before May 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Stephen Sappington, Field Manager, 
BLM Humboldt River Field Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, 
Nevada 89445.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Miers, Project Lead, by telephone 
at 775-623-1569 or email at [email protected] with City of Winnemucca R&PP 
(Miers) in the subject line. 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 City of Winnemucca proposes to construct 
a new wastewater treatment and effluent disposal facility in order to 
facilitate expansion/growth in the area. The current facility has been 
deemed by the USEPA and NDEP to be located in a floodplain, creating a 
potential contamination source for the Humboldt River. Accordingly, a 
new facility must be constructed at a different location. The sale 
parcel is described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 36 N., R. 37 E.,
    Sec. 28;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\, SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\, 
SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,220 acres.
    640 acres located in T. 36 N., R 37 E., sec. 28, will be 
patented in year one, with 580 acres of T. 36 N., R. 37 E., sec. 32, 
to be patented in subsequent years in compliance with R&PP 
regulations.

    The new plan of development will consist of a new wastewater 
treatment and effluent disposal plant, and effluent disposal facilities 
that include an effluent pipeline, rapid infiltration basins; a storage 
basin, an influent pumping station; and irrigation pivots.
    The land is not required for any Federal purpose. The conveyance is 
consistent with the BLM Winnemucca District Office Resource Management 
Plan and the Record of Decision, dated May 2015, and is in the public 
interest. This proposal was analyzed as Environmental Assessment DOI-
BLM-NV-W010-2014-0031.
    The conveyance will be subject to the provisions of the R&PP Act 
and applicable regulations and will be subject to the following terms, 
conditions, and reservations of the United States:
    1. A right-of-way is reserved for ditches and canals constructed by 
the authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 
945);
    2. All mineral deposits in the lands so patented, and to it, or 
persons authorized by it, 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 deem necessary are reserved to the 
United States, together with all necessary access and exit rights;
    3. The parcel is subject to valid existing rights;
    4. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the patentee's use, occupancy, or 
occupation on the leased/patented lands;
    5. No portion of the land patented shall revert back to the United 
States under any circumstance.
    6. Additional terms and conditions that the authorized officer 
deems appropriate. Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal 
Register, the parcel will be segregated from all other forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, 
except for conveyance under the R&PP Act, but not leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws and the mineral material disposal laws.
    Written comments may be submitted concerning the suitability of the 
land for development for a new wastewater treatment and effluent 
disposal facility. Comments on the classification are restricted to 
whether the land is physically suitable for the proposed use, 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 use is 
consistent with state and Federal programs. Written comments can be 
submitted by postal service or overnight mail to the Field Manager, BLM 
Humboldt River Field Office. The land will not be offered for 
conveyance until after the classification becomes effective.
    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 comments regarding this sale will be reviewed by the BLM Nevada 
State Director who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. 
In the absence of any adverse comments, this realty action will become 
the final determination of the Department of Interior.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5

David Kampwerth,
Field Manager, Humboldt River Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-08254 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am]
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