[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32039]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(NV-930-1430-01; N-47851)


Notice of Realty Action: Sale of Public Land in Lander County, 
Nevada, by Noncompetitive Sale Procedures

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Direct sale of public lands in Lander County, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: The following described land in Lander County, Nevada, has 
been examined and identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale 
under Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719) at no less 
than appraised fair market value:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 31 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 26, lot 10;
    Sec. 27, lots 31-33, 35, 36, 48-52.

    Comprising 36.18 acres, more or less.

    The above-described lands are hereby classified for disposal in 
accordance with Executive Order 6910 and the Act of June 28, 1934, as 
amended.
    The land is being offered as a direct sale to the adjacent 
landowner, Battle Mountain Gold Corporation. The land will not be 
offered for sale until at least 60 days after the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy A. Fry, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, P.O. 
Box 1420, Battle Mountain, NV, 89820, (702) 635-4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land has been 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 another Federal department or agency.
    The land to be sold is difficult and uneconomical for the Bureau to 
manage. It consists of three parcels, two of which are totally 
surrounded by patented mining claims owned by the sale proponent. The 
third parcel is bordered on three sides by the proponent's patented 
claims, and on the fourth by unpatented mining claims held by the 
proponent.
    The locatable, salable, and leasable mineral estates, with the 
exception of geothermal resources, have been determined to have no 
known value. Therefore, the mineral estate, excluding geothermal 
resources, 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 the sale offer will constitute application 
for conveyance of the available mineral interests. The sale proponent 
will be required to submit a $50.00 nonrefundable filing fee for 
conveyance of the mineral interests specified above with the purchase 
price for the land. 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.
    Upon publication of this Notice of Realty Action in the Federal 
Register, the lands will be segregated from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, but not the 
mineral leasing laws or disposals pursuant to Sections 203 and 209 of 
FLPMA. The segregation shall terminate upon issuance of a patent or 
other document of conveyance, upon publication in the Federal Register 
of a termination of segregation, or 270 days from date of this 
publication, which ever occurs first.
    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. Geothermal resources;
    And will be subject to all other valid existing rights.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register, interested parties may submit comments to the District 
Manager, Battle Mountain District, 50 Bastian Way, Box 1420, Battle 
Mountain, NV 89820. Any adverse comments will be evaluated by the 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 a final determination of the Department 
of the Interior.

    Dated: December 5, 1996.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-32039 Filed 12-17-96; 8:45 am]
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