[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14262-14263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-650-00-5440-B101, CACA-38678]
Noncompetitive Sale of Public Land in Kern County, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain land has been examined and
identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale under section 203 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43
U.S.C. 1701, 1713). The land will be offered for sale 60 days after the
publication of this notice. The 40 acres of land is described as the
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, section 10, T. 9 N., R. 13 W., San Bernardino Meridian,
Kern County, California.
The land has not been used for and is not required for any Federal
purpose. The Parcel is difficult and uneconomic to manage as public
land. Disposal would best serve the public interest. The disposal would
be consistent with the Bureau's planning recommendations as approved in
the California Desert Conservation Plan (1986), as amended.
All mineral interest will be offered for conveyance. The mineral
interest being offered have no known mineral value. Mr. Snavely has
applied for conveyance of those mineral interests offered under the
authority of section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1719(b)). The patent issued as
the result of the sale will be subject to all valid existing rights and
reservations of record and will contain a reservation to the United
States for a right-of-way for ditches and canals under the Act of
August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391, 43 U.S.C. 945); and
The patentee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the grantor
harmless from any costs, damages, claims, liabilities, and judgements
arising from past, present, and future, acts or omissions of the
patentee, its
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employees, agents, contractors, or lessees arising of or in connection
with, patentee's use, occupancy or operations on the patented real
property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes,
but is not limited to, acts and omissions of the patentee, its
employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, arising out of or in
connection with the use and/or occupancy on the patented real property
which has already resulted or does hereafter result in: (1) Violations
of federal, state, and local laws and regulations which are now or may
in the future become, applicable to the patented real property; (2)
Judgements, claims or demands assessed against the grantor; (3) Costs,
expenses, damages incurred by the United States; (4) Other releases or
threatened releases on or into land, property and other interests of
the grantor by solid waste and/or hazardous substance(s) as defined by
federal or state environmental laws; (5) Or other activities by which
solid or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by federal and
state environmental laws were generated, released, stored, used or
otherwise disposed on the patented real property, and any clean-up
response, natural resource damage or other actions related in any
manner to said solid or hazardous substances or wastes. This covenant
shall be construed as running with the patented real property, and may
be enforced by the United States in a court of competent jurisdiction.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT CONTACT: Janet Eubanks,
Ridgecrest Realty Specialist at (909) 697-5376, located in the
California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA
92507. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this
notice, interested parties may submit comment. Any adverse comments
will be evaluated by the District Manager, who may vacate or modify
this realty action and issue a final determination. In the absence of
any action by the District Manager, this realty action will become the
final determination of the Department of the Interior Comments,
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available
for public review at the above address during regular business hours
(8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to
withhold your name or street address from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials or organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public inspection on in their
entirety.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The publication of this notice in the
Federal Register will segregate the public lands described above to the
extent that they will not be subject to appropriation under the public
and laws, including the mining laws. This segregation will end upon
issuance of patent, or 270 days from the date of publication of this
notice.
Dated: March 12, 1999.
Alan Stein,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7126 Filed 3-23-99; 8:45 am]
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