Notice2023-14446
Notice of Realty Action: Classification for Lease and/or Conveyance of Public Lands in Humboldt County, Nevada
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Published
July 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Humboldt River Field Office, has examined 40 acres of public land in Humboldt County, Nevada, and found the land suitable to classify for lease and/or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended. Humboldt County proposes to use the land to build a school complex with a K-8 elementary school and a high school in Orovada, Nevada, to improve educational services in the community.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 130 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43627-43628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14446]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NV_FRN_MO #4500167906]
Notice of Realty Action: Classification for Lease and/or
Conveyance of Public Lands in Humboldt County, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Humboldt River Field
Office, has examined 40 acres of public land in Humboldt County,
Nevada, and found the land suitable to classify for lease and/or
conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes
(R&PP) Act, as amended. Humboldt County proposes to use the land to
build a school complex with a K-8 elementary school and a high school
in Orovada, Nevada, to improve educational services in the community.
DATES: Submit written comments regarding this proposed classification
on or before August 24, 2023. Comments may be mailed, or hand delivered
to the BLM office address in the ADDRESSES section. The BLM will not
consider comments received via telephone calls or email.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to: Samuel Burton, Winnemucca District
Manager, 5100 Winnemucca East Boulevard, Winnemucca, NV 89445. Detailed
information including, but not limited to, a proposed development plan,
management plan, and documentation relating to with
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applicable environmental and cultural resource laws, is available for
review during business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time,
Monday through Friday, except during Federal holidays, at the Humboldt
River Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, Nevada
89445.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenifer Barnett, Realty Specialist,
Humboldt River Field Office, by telephone at 775-623-1582, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5bfb7b4a7bbb0a1a195b7b9b8fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a70787b68747f6e6e5a787677347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>; or you may visit the Humboldt River Field Office at
the earlier-listed address. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands examined and identified as
suitable for conveyance under the R&PP Act are legally described as:
Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada
T. 42 N., R. 37 E.,
Sec. 4, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 40 acres, according to the official
plats of the surveys on file with the BLM.
The proposed school complex would be in Orovada, a census-
designated place in the Quinn River Valley, Nevada, which is
approximately 45.8 miles north of Winnemucca, Nevada. The new
elementary school would replace the existing elementary school that has
become difficult to maintain due to its age and condition. The new
schoolhouse needs to be built elsewhere because the location of the
existing school is also less than adequate, with traffic concerns.
The schoolhouse would include a Primary Education Development
Center consisting of an outdoor basketball court, picnic area, rock
climbing and jungle gym areas, outdoor running track, water well,
septic system, soccer field, and a detached gymnasium that would
function as a community center when not in use for school activities.
The school would include a library, a cafeteria and kitchen, an art/
music room and support room, a STEM lab/flex space, a kindergarten
room, three open concept classrooms to serve first through eighth
grades, electrical and mechanical rooms, restrooms, a nurse's room, a
teacher's lounge, office space, and a waiting area.
Thirty-two students attend the existing elementary school; however,
the new school would be designed to accommodate community growth by
including space for additional classrooms to be built later should they
be needed. Up to 20 acres would be used to construct the elementary
school, gymnasium, parking lots, sports fields, and landscaping. The
high school would be developed over the remaining 20 acres and would
include a schoolhouse, detached gymnasium, common area, outdoor running
track, and desert landscaping. Each school would have paved parking for
staff, visitors, and student drop-off areas. The schools would be built
using rammed-earth technology and the design would adhere to all state
and local laws and codes. Construction of the elementary school would
begin in 2023, and the high school would be built afterwards.
The lands identified are not needed for any Federal purpose and it
would be in the public's interest to transfer the parcel under the R&PP
Act. The lease and subsequent conveyance are consistent with the
Resource Management Plan for the Winnemucca District Planning Area.
All interested parties will receive a copy of this notice once it
is published in the Federal Register. A copy of the notice will also be
published in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for three
consecutive weeks and mailed to interested parties, adjoining
landowners, and appropriate government offices.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including location and entry under the 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 (43 U.S.C. 945).
2. Provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior.
3. All mineral deposits in the land so patented, and the right to
prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the same under
applicable law and regulations as established by the Secretary of the
Interior are reserved to the United States, together with all necessary
access and exit rights.
4. Lease or conveyance of the parcel is subject to valid existing
rights.
5. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United
States from claims arising out of the lessee's/patentee's use,
occupancy, or operations on the leased/patented lands.
6. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal
lands and interests therein.
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land
is physically suited for the school complex as proposed, 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 persons may also submit comments regarding the specific
use proposed in the application and plan of development and management,
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 school complex, as proposed.
Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM State Director who
may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of
any adverse comments, the classification will become effective on
September 8, 2023. The lands will not be offered for lease or
conveyance until after the classification becomes effective.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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.)
Samuel Burton,
District Manager, Winnemucca District.
[FR Doc. 2023-14446 Filed 7-7-23; 8:45 am]
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