Realty Action: Airport Conveyance of Public Land In Rio Blanco County, Colorado

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63556-63557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31348]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-010-4212-11; COC39391]


Realty Action: Airport Conveyance of Public Land In Rio Blanco 
County, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, 
have been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance 
to the Rio Blanco Board of County Commissioners under the authority of 
Section 516 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of September 3, 
1982 (49 U.S.C. 2215).

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 1 N., R. 101 W.,
    Section 6, lot 35.

    Encompassing 2.94 acres.

    The land in the proposed patent to the Rio Blanco Board of County 
Commissioners is not (1) within any National Park, National Monument, 
National Recreation Area, or similar area under the administration of 
the National Park Service; (2) within any

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unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System or similar area under the 
jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or (3) 
within any National Forest or Indian Reservation.
    1. All minerals, including oil and gas, shall be reserved to the 
United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove 
the minerals. The Secretary of the Interior reserves the right to 
determine whether such mining and removal of minerals will interfere 
with the development, operation and maintenance of the airport.
    2. A right-of-way will be reserved 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).
    3. The conveyance of the land will be subject to valid existing 
rights, including right-of-way COC23972B. This right-of-way is twenty-
five feet in width and consists of a buried pipeline.
    4. At the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, the land 
shall revert to the United States in the vent that the land is not 
developed for airport purposes or used in a manner consistent with the 
terms of the patent. If only a portion of the land conveyed is not 
developed for airport purposes, or used in a manner consistent with the 
terms of the conveyance, only that specific part shall, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.

DATES: Detailed information concerning this action is available for 
review at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, White River 
Resource Area, 73544 Highway 64, Meeker, Colorado.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation except mineral 
leasing laws, and rights-of-way. An airport lease was issued June 8, 
1984, and remains in effect until title conveyance.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register, interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed 
lease or conveyance or classification of the lands to the District 
Manager, Grand Junction District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, 
Colorado 81506.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for an airport. 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 parties may submit comments 
regarding the specific use proposed in the application, whether the BLM 
followed proper administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or 
any other factor not directly related to the suitability of the land 
for an airport. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State 
Director. In the absence of any adverse comments, the classification 
will become effective 60 days from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Hatch, Realty Specialist, or 
Vern Rholl, Realty Specialist, White River Resource Area, 73544 Highway 
64, Meeker, Colorado 81641, (970) 878-3601.
Robert W. Schneider,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-31348 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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