[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3544]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-040-7122-00-5567; AZA 29361]


Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Sale of Public Lands; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Safford District, Arizona, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following lands in Cochise County, Arizona have been found 
suitable for disposal under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 USC 1713). The land will not 
be offered for sale until at least 60 days after the date of this 
notice.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 23 S., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 10, all remaining public lands;
    Sec. 11, all remaining public lands in the W\1/2\.

    The area described contains 496 acres, more or less.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register the lands described above are 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.
    The land is being offered for direct sale to Phelps Dodge 
Corporation at not less than the appraised fair market value. If a 
determination is reached that the subject parcels contain no known 
mineral values, the mineral interests may be conveyed simultaneously 
under section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(90 Stat. 2757, 43 USC 1719). Detailed information concerning the sale 
will be available to interested parties from the Safford District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 711 14th Avenue, Safford, Arizona 
85546.
    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, Safford District, at the above address. In the 
absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: February 8, 1996.
Frank L. Rowley,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-3544 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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