03-22057. Notice of Realty Action, Noncompetitive Sale of Public Land in Siskiyou County, CA

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION:

Notice to Withdraw Lands from Exchange Proposal, Opening of Public Land Notice of Segregation for Exchange, Notice of Segregation for Sale and Sale of Public Land.

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn certain lands in Siskiyou County from proposed land exchange CACA-41373. This notice terminates the temporary segregation of those lands for exchange effective August 28, 2003. Notice is also hereby given that those same certain lands have been found suitable for direct sale at not less than the estimated fair market value of $7,250.00.

DATES:

Submit comments on or before October 14, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susie Rodriguez, Redding Field Office, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA 96002; 530-224-2142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the regulations contained in 43 CFR 2091.3-2(b), the following described land will be relieved of the temporary segregative effect of the exchange application CACA-41373. The following public land has been found suitable for direct sale under section 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713). Mount Diablo Meridian, T. 43 N., R.10 W., Section 11, Lots 12&13.

The land described contains 7.36 acres.

The land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days after the date of this notice.

The land described is hereby segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, pending disposition of this action or 270 days from the date of publication of this notice, whichever occurs first.

This land is being offered by direct sale to Richard Dews, consistent with 43 CFR 2711.3-3(a)(1). It has been determined that the parcel contains no known minerals; therefore, mineral interests may be conveyed simultaneously.

The lands are not needed for Federal purposes. Conveyance is consistent with current BLM land use planning and would be in the public interest.

The patent, when issued, will contain certain reservations to the United States and will be subject to all existing rights. Detailed information concerning these reservations as well as specific conditions of the sale are available for review at the Redding Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, California 96002.

For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested persons may submit written comments regarding the proposed sale to Charles M. Schultz, Field Office Manager, Redding Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Dr., Redding, CA 96002. In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

Dated: June 20, 2003.

Charles M. Schultz,

Field Manager.