[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67342-67343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32301]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-050-07-1430-01; 2700]


Arizona: Notice of Realty Action; Competitive Sale of Public Land 
in Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action, competitive sale.

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SUMMARY: The following public land has been found suitable for 
competitive sale under Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713). The 
land will be offered at not less than the appraised fair market value. 
The land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days after the 
date of this notice. The land is within the Town of Quartzsite 
boundary. Specific parcel sizes and locations will be published prior 
to the sale. Parcel sizes will meet Quartzsite zoning requirements.
    In accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 
315f, and Executive Order Number 6910, the described land is hereby 
classified for disposal by sale.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 4 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    Aggregating 315.00 acres, more or less.

    No significant resource values will be affected by this disposal. 
The land will be sold to support the expansion and economic development 
of Quartzsite. The sale is consistent with the Bureau of Land 
Management's (BLM) planning for the land involved and will serve 
important public objectives.
    All parcels will be offered using competitive sale procedures as 
authorized under 43 CFR 2711.3-1. The land will be offered for sale by 
sealed bid only. Detailed information regarding the number of parcels, 
specific parcel locations, appraised fair market value of each parcel, 
bidding procedures, bid submission and opening dates and location, and 
terms and conditions of the sale will be made available no less than 45 
days prior to bid submission date.
    Federal law requires that all bidders must be U.S. citizens, 18 
years of age or older, a state or state instrumentality authorized to 
hold property, or a corporation authorized to own real estate in the 
state in which the land is located. Bids may be made by a principal or 
a duly qualified agent. Under competitive sale procedures, an apparent 
high bid will be declared at the time of bid openings. To eliminate 
split estates, mineral interests will be conveyed simultaneously with 
the surface estates. A bid will constitute an application to purchase 
the mineral estate. All qualified bidder(s) must include with their bid 
deposit for each parcel a $50.00 filing fee for conveyance of the 
mineral estate.
    If the land identified in this notice is not sold on the date of 
first sale offering, the unsold parcels will be offered competitively 
on a continuing basis until the land is either sold or withdrawn from 
sale. All over-the-counter sale parcels will be sold subject to the 
terms and conditions and at no less than the appraised fair market 
value.
    The patents, when issued, will contain certain reservations to the 
United States and will be subject to any valid existing rights, and as 
requested by Quartzsite, easement for streets, roads, and public 
utilities.

DATES: For a period for 45 days from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
to the Yuma Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, address below. 
Objections will be reviewed by the Arizona State Director, BLM, who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action and issue a final 
determination. In the absence of any objections, this realty action 
will become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debbie DeBock, Realty Specialist, Yuma Field Office, 2555 East Gila 
Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365, (520) 317-3208.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: A sale packet will be made available at the 
Yuma Field Office, address above, prior to the bid submission date.
    Upon publication in the Federal Register, the land described above 
will be segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the mining laws. The segregative effect of this Notice of 
Realty Action shall

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terminate upon issuance of patent or other document of conveyance to 
such land, upon publication in the Federal Register of a termination of 
the segregation, or 270 days from the date of publication, whichever 
occurs first. The BLM may accept or reject any offer to purchase or 
withdraw any parcel from sale if the Authorized Officer determines that 
consummation of the sale would not be fully consistent with FLPMA or 
another applicable law.

    Dated: December 12, 1996.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-32301 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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