[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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