[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53639-53640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25549]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-59697]


Notice of Realty Action; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice-Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands, Elko County, 
Nevada.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 203 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701, 1713), 
the Bureau of Land Management will offer for sale under modified 
competitive sale procedures, at no less than fair market value, the 
following described contiguous parcel of public land which has been 
found suitable for disposal. 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.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 29 N., R. 56 E.,
    Sec. 22, lots 4, 5.

    Comprising 20.65 acres, more or less.

    The appraised fair market value for the above described parcel 
is $3,200.00 or $155.00 per acre.

DATES: The sale offering will be on December 20, 1995, at 10 a.m. at 
the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office, 3900 E. Idaho St., 
Elko, NV 89801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands are being offered for public sale 
by the Bureau of Land Management 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 Elko 
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 Elko County Road C-717 (BLM right-of-way N-46527).
    As a condition of sale, in accordance with 43 CFR 4120.3-6(c), the 
current grazing permittee will be entitled to receive reasonable 
compensation from the successful bidder for the adjusted value of any 
authorized range improvements located on the subject parcel. Specific 
range improvements involved are described in Environmental Assessment 
BLM/EK/PL-95/016 prepared on behalf of the sale. 

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    The grazing preference on the affected grazing allotment would be 
reduced by 32 AUMs as a result of this action. The grazing permittee 
has agreed to the reduction of his grazing preference conditioned on 
the sale of the public lands and has waived the two-year notification 
required as a result of the proposed disposal of the public land.
    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 FLPMA. Acceptance of a sale offer will constitute 
an application for conveyance of the mineral interest. 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 Barnes Ranches, Inc. 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 cashiers check for 
no less than 20% or \1/5\ of the total amount bid for the parcel. Under 
modified competitive sale procedures, an apparent high bid will be 
declared by the Bureau of Land Management. The apparent high bidder and 
Barnes Ranches, Inc. (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 amount will be paid by 
certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or cashiers 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 
Bureau of Land Management.
    Sealed bids for no less than the appraised fair market value as 
determined by government appraisal will be received until December 5, 
1995, at 4:30 p.m. The bid envelope must be marked on the lower left 
hand corner with BLM LAND SALE--DO NOT OPEN and 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 as specified 
in this notice. 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 have been 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, 3900 E. 
Idaho St., Elko, Nevada 89801, 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 Bureau of Land Management 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 (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 (43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. Oil and gas. And will be subject to:
    1. Those rights for telephone line purposes which have been granted 
to Alltel Nevada, Inc., its successors or assignees, by right-of-way 
grant N-19958 under the authority of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761).
    2. Those rights for powerline purposes which have been granted to 
Wells Rural Electric Co., it successors or assignees, by right-of-way 
grant N-2111 under the authority of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761).
    In the event that Barnes Ranches, Inc. is not the successful 
bidder, an easement 60 feet in width along the existing access road 
would be reserved to Barnes Ranches, Inc. thus ensuring continued legal 
access to the Barnes Ranch.
    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, whichever 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 publication of this Notice 
in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the 
District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 831, Elko, Nevada 
89803. 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: October 6, 1995.
Bill Baker,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-25549 Filed 10-13-95; 8:45 am]
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