[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 10007]] 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] BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P