[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33764-33765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16500]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-030-06-1430-00: GP6-0153]


Notice of Realty Action--Sale

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.


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ACTION: OR-50855 Notice of Realty Action--Sale Public Land in Malheur 
County, Oregon.

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SUMMARY: The following land has been found suitable for sale by direct 
sale procedures under Section 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719), at 
not less than the appraised fair market value (FMV) of $2,000.00.
    The land will not be offered for sale for at least 60 days after 
publication of this notice.

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 19S., R. 43E.,
    Section 12: SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 40 acres.

    The above described land is hereby segregated from appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, but not from 
sale under the above cited statute, for 270 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register or until title 
transfer is completed or the segregation is terminated by publication 
in the Federal Register, whichever occurs first.
    The parcel is difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the 
public lands because of its location and has been identified as 
unneeded and not suitable for management by another Federal department 
or agency. There are no significant resource values which will be 
affected by this disposal. This parcel has no legal access and the 
public interest will be served by offering this land for sale.
    The parcel will be offered by the direct sale method to Little 
Valley Ranch Co., LLC whose lands completely surround the subject 
parcel. The direct sale method is authorized under Section 203 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). The purchaser 
will submit a non-refundable $50.00 filing fee for the conveyance of 
the mineral estate, with the exception of oil and gas and goethermal 
resources.
    The terms and conditions applicable to the sale are:
    1. A right-of-way for ditches and canals will be reserved to the 
United States under the authority of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 
Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945).
    2. The sale is for surface and subsurface estate with the following 
reservations: The patent will contain a reservation to the United 
States for oil and gas and geothermal resources, together with the 
right to prospect for, mine and remove the same.
    The mineral interest being offered for conveyance have no known 
mineral value. The purchaser will submit an application for conveyance 
of the mineral estate in accordance with Section 209 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act.
    3. The sale will be subject to all valid existing rights.

DATES: No later than August 12, 1996, interested parties may submit 
comments to the District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 100 Oregon 
Street, Vale, Oregon 97918. Objections would be reviewed by the State 
Director who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the 
absence of any objections, this realty action will become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning the sale, including the 
reservations, procedures for the conditions of sale, and planning and 
environmental documents, is available at the Vale District Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Getchell, Realty Specialist, Malheur Resource Area, at 100 Oregon 
Street, Vale, Oregon 97918, (Telephone 541 473-3144).
Geoffrey B. Middaugh,
Vale District Associate Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-16500 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-33-M