[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48519-48520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23188]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-981-1640-00-370F; WYW129948]


Notice of Realty Action: Modified Competitive Bidding Sale of 
Public Lands in Washakie County, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that the 
public lands described below are suitable for disposal under sections 
203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1713, 1719).

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 47 N. R. 92 W.
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The land aggregates 30 acres more or less.

    The BLM must receive fair market value for the land and any bid for 
less than fair market value will be rejected. The appraised value for 
the 30 acres is $45,000. The BLM may accept or reject any and all 
offers, or withdraw any land or interest in the land for sale if the 
sale would not be consistent with FLPMA or other applicable law.

DATES: All bids must be received in the Bighorn Basin Resource Area 
Office no later than 10:00 a.m., November 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Sealed bids may be handcarried to the Bighorn Basin Resource 
Area Office, 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming, or mailed to the 
Bighorn Basin Resource Area Office, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 
82401-0119. The sealed bid envelope must be marked in the front lower-
left corner with the words ``Public Land Sale, WYW129948, Sale held 
November 15, 1995. Sealed Bid--Do Not Open in Mail Room.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Detailed information concerning the 
sale is available for review at the BLM office in Worland. For further 
information contact Karen Hepp, Range Management Specialist or Charles 
F. Wilkie, Area Manager, Bighorn Basin Resource Area, Bureau of Land 
Management, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119, (307)347-9871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A bid will also constitute an application 
for conveyance of the unreserved mineral estate, excluding oil and gas 
resources. The mineral interests being offered have no known value. At 
the time of the sale, the bidder will be required to pay a $50 filing 
fee (in addition to their bid) for all unreserved mineral interests.
    Sale of the above land will be conducted by modified competitive 
bidding. Timberline Feedlot Inc. will be allowed preference 
consideration to meet the high bid. The proposed sale is consistent 
with the Washakie Resource Management Plan and meets the sale criteria 
of 43 CFR 2710.0-3(a)(2). Disposal of this tract will serve to increase 
the economic development of the Worland area through the expansion of 
Timberline's feedlot.
    All bidders must be United States citizens, 18 years of age or 
older, corporations subject to laws in the state of Wyoming, a state, 
state instrumentality or political subdivision authorized to hold 
property, or an entity legally capable of conveying and holding land or 
interests in land in Wyoming.
    All sealed bids must be accompanied by a payment of not less than 
ten (10) percent of the total bid, plus a $50 filing fee for all 
unreserved mineral interests. Each bid must be accompanied by a 
certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or cashier's check 
made payable to the Bureau of Land Management.
    The apparent high bidder and the designated bidder (Timberline 
Feedlot Inc.) will be notified immediately 

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following the opening of the sealed bids on November 15, 1995. If the 
designated bidder (Timberline Feedlot Inc.) fails to exercise their 
preference consideration to meet the highest bid within 30 days of the 
sale, the BLM will offer the lands to the high bidder. If the apparent 
high bidder is disqualified, the next highest qualified bid will be 
accepted. If Timberline Feedlot Inc. chooses not to meet the high bid 
and two (2) or more envelopes containing valid bids of the same amount 
are received, supplemental sealed bidding will be used to determine the 
high bid.
    The successful bidder shall submit the remainder of the full bid 
price prior to the expiration of 180 days from the date of the sale. 
Failure to pay the remainder of the full bid price shall result in 
cancellation of the sale and the deposit shall be forfeited and 
disposed of as other receipts of the sale. Conveyance of the public 
land will except and reserve to the United States:
    1. A right-of-way (ROW) thereon for ditches and canals constructed 
by the authority of the United States. Act of August 30, 1890 (43 
U.S.C. 945).
    2. All the oil and gas in the land so patented, and to it, or 
persons authorized by it, the right to prospect for, mine and remove 
such deposits from the same upon compliance with the conditions and 
subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of July 17, 1914, 
as supplemented (30 U.S.C. 121-124).
    Conveyance of the public land will also be subject to:
    1. Oil and Gas Pipeline ROW WYW75340.
    2. Road ROW WYW81772.
    3. Federal Aid Highway ROW WYW0189320.
    4. Power Transmission Line ROW WYW72986.
    5. Surface Water Flowline ROW WYW75336.
    6. Telephone/Telegraph ROW WYW68159.
    7. Gas Pipeline and Road ROW WYW94115.
    8. Telephone Line ROW WYW89760.
    Publication of this notice in the Federal Register shall segregate 
the land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the general mining laws. The segregative effect will 
terminate upon issuance of the patent, 270 days from the date of the 
publication of this notice, or upon publication in the Federal Register 
of a notice of termination of segregation, whichever occurs first.
    For a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit 
comments to the District Manager, Worland District Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119. Any adverse 
comments will be evaluated by the State Director, who may sustain, 
vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any action by 
the State Director, this realty action will become final.

    Dated: September 8, 1995.
David Atkins,
Acting District Manager Worland, Wyoming.
[FR Doc. 95-23188 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-22-P