[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10006-10007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5779]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-51910]
Notice of Realty Action: Sale of Public Land in Eureka County,
Nevada, by Modified Competitive Sale Procedures
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands, Eureka County,
Nevada.
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SUMMARY: The following described lands have been examined and found
suitable for sale at no less than appraised fair market value.
Authorization for the sale is Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701, 1713). The land will
not be offered for sale until at least sixty days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
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Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada
T. 20 N., R. 53 E.,
Section 30, lot 11;
comprising 42.27 acres, more or less.
DATES: The sale will be held on July 1, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District Office, 50 Bastian
Rd., P.O. Box 1420, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands are being offered for public sale
by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in order to facilitate and
enhance land use capability with an adjoining private landowner. The
lands have been specifically identified as suitable for disposal by the
Shoshone-Eureka Resource Management Plan. The land is not needed for
any resource program and is not suitable for management by the Bureau
or any other Federal department or agency. Legal access to the parcel
is available via U.S. Highway 50.
The locatable and salable mineral estates have been determined to
have no known value. The land is prospectively valuable for oil and
gas. Therefore, the mineral estate, excluding oil and gas, will be
conveyed simultaneously with the surface estate in accordance with
Section 209(b)(1) of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Acceptance of a sale offer will constitute an application for
conveyance of the mineral interests. The high bidder will be required
to submit a $50.00 nonrefundable filing fee with the remainder of the
purchase price for conveyance of the mineral interests specified above.
Failure to submit the nonrefundable fee for the mineral estate within
the time frame specified by the authorized officer will result in
cancellation of the sale.
SALE PROCEDURES: The land will be sold by modified competitive sale
procedures with a preference right given to James Ithurralde. The sale
procedures will require the bidder to submit a written bid for no less
than the fair market value. Each bid submitted will be accompanied by a
certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or cashier's check for
no less than 20% or \1/5\ of the total amount bid for the parcels.
Under modified competitive sale procedures, an apparent high bid will
be declared by the BLM. The apparent high bidder and James Ithurralde
(designated bidder) will be notified. The designated bidder will have
15 days from the date of notification to exercise the preference
consideration to meet the high bid. Should the designated bidder fail
to submit a bid that matches the apparent high bid within the specified
time period, the apparent high bidder shall be declared high bidder and
awarded the sale. The apparent high bidder must submit the remainder of
the full bid price prior to expiration of 180 days from the date of the
sale. The amount will be paid by certified check, postal money order,
bank draft, or cashier's check payable to the Department of the
Interior--BLM. Failure to meet the conditions established for this sale
will void the sale and any money received for the sale will be
forfeited as proceeds of the sale to the BLM. Sealed bids for no less
than the appraised fair market value as determined by government
appraisal will be received until June 28, 1996, at 4:30 p.m. The
appraised fair market value will be available from the Battle Mountain
BLM District Office by June 1, 1996. The bid envelope should be sent to
The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District Office, P.O.
Box 1420, Battle Mountain, NV 89820, and must be marked on the lower
left hand corner with BLM LAND SALE--DO NOT OPEN and with the SALE
DATE. It is recommended that all mailed bids be sent via certified
mail. The bid must not be for less than the appraised fair market
value. Bids will only be accepted for the entire parcel. DO NOT submit
a bid for only a portion of the parcel. Each bid submitted will contain
at least 20% or \1/5\ of the total amount bid for the parcel. Any bids
not conforming to the sale conditions or received after the above date
and time will be returned to the bidders. In the event that two or more
written high bids are submitted in the same amount, the determination
of which is to be considered the highest bid shall be by submission of
new sealed bids by those bidders.
In the event that no bids are received on the parcel, the public
lands in this sale proposal would remain for sale, over the counter,
for a period of 30 days from date of sale. Interested parties may
inquire about the parcel at the Bureau of Land Management, 50 Bastian
Road, Battle Mountain, NV 89820 during the office hours of 7:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The parcel would be available for
sale through sealed bid procedures with all conditions of the sale
applying. The BLM may accept or reject any or all offers or withdraw
any land or interest in land for sale, if, in the opinion of the
authorized officer, consummation of the sale would not be fully
consistent with the Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C.
1761).
The patent, when issued, will contain the following reservations to
the United States:
1. A right-of-way thereon 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;
2. Oil and gas;
And will be subject to:
1. A right-of-way for U.S. Highway 50, NEV-06317, having a width of
200 feet from centerline;
2. Valid existing rights.
Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will segregate
the subject lands from all appropriations under the public land laws,
including the mining laws, mineral leasing laws, and the Geothermal
Steam Act. The segregation will terminate upon issuance of the patent
or other document of conveyance, or upon publication in the Federal
Register of a termination of segregation, or 270 days from date of
publication, which ever occurs first.
Federal law requires that all bidders must be U.S. citizens, 18
years of age or older, or in the case of corporations, be subject to
the laws of any state of the United States. Proof of these requirements
must accompany the bid. For a period of 45 days from the date of this
Notice, interested parties may submit comments to the District Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 1420, Battle Mountain, Nevada
89820. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Nevada State
Director, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action and
issue a final determination. In the absence of timely filed objections
this realty action will become the final determination of the
Department of the Interior.
Dated: January 16, 1996.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-5779 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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