[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20203-20204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10703]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-044-1430-01]


Notice of Proposed Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands in 
Texas County, Oklahoma.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following described public land in Texhoma, Texas County, 
Oklahoma, has been examined and in accordance with section 7 of the 
Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and Executive Order No. 6964 are 
hereby classified for disposal by sale under the authority of section 
203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1701, 1713). Method of sale will be through modified 
competitive seal bids. Sales will not be made at less than the fair 
market value as shown below and any bid for less than fair market value 
will be rejected. The Bureau of Land Management may accept or reject 
any and all offers or withdraw any land or interest in the land for 
sale if the sale would not be consistent with FLPMA or other applicable 
law or if the opinion of the Authorized Officer, consummation of the 
sale would not be in the best interest of the United States.

                       Cimarron Meridan, Oklahoma                       
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             Tract                Legal description    Acres     Value  
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TX-50 OKNM 68915...............  T. 1S., R. 12 E.,      0.161    $200.00
                                  Sec. 5, lots 6 &                      
                                  7, Blk. 4,                            
                                  Texhoma Townsite.                     
TX-51 OKNM 68916...............  T. 1 S., R. 12 E.,      .067     100.00
                                  Sec. 5, lot 27,                       
                                  Blk. 4, Texhoma                       
                                  Townsite.                             
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DATES: For a period of 45 days from the date of this notice, interested 
parties may submit comments to the District Manager. Any adverse 
comments will be evaluated by the District Manager, who may vacate or 
modify this realty action and issue a final determination. In the 
absence of any action by the District Manager, this realty action will 
become final determination of the Department of Interior. The 45-day 
comment period ends on June 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Sealed bids, delivered or mailed, must be received by the 
Bureau of Land Management, 221 N. Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 73160-
4946, by 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 30, 1997. The sealed bid envelope must 
be marked in the front lower left-hand corner with the words ``Sealed 
Bid, June 30, 1997 Public Land Sale, Tract TX-50'' or ``Sealed Bid, 
June 30, 1997 Public Land Sale, Tract TX-51.'' Comments and suggestions 
should be sent to: District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 7906 E. 
33rd Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-1352.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Detailed information concerning this 
sale can be obtained by contacting John Ledbetter, Realty Specialist, 
at (405) 790-1014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The minimum acceptable bid is listed above. 
Sale will be conducted utilizing modified competitive sealed bidding 
pursuant to 43 CFR 2711.3-2. Mr. Robert Richards (fee owner of adjacent 
lots) will be allowed preference consideration to meet the highest 
qualifying bid. All bidders shall be United States citizens 18 years of 
age or older, or, in the case of a corporation, subject to the laws of 
any state of the United States. Proof of citizenship shall accompany 
the bid (ie., a copy of voters registration or birth certificate). Bids 
sent by mail must be in clearly marked, sealed envelopes. A separate 
written bid must be submitted for each tract. The sealed bids must be 
accompanied by a certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or 
cashiers check for at least twenty percent of the total bid, made 
payable to the USDI--Bureau of Land Management. All bids will be opened 
at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 30, 1997. If two or more qualified sealed 
bids for the same amount are received, then the apparent high bidder 
will be determined by supplemental bidding. The apparent high bidder 
and the designated bidder (Mr. Robert Richards) will be notified 
immediately following the opening of the bids. If the designated bidder 
(Mr. Robert Richards) fails to exercise his preference consideration to 
meet the highest bid within 15 days of the sale, the BLM will offer the 
lands to the apparent high bidder. If the apparent high bidder is 
disqualified, the next highest qualified bid will be accepted. The 
successful bidder will be required to submit the remainder of the 
payment within 180 days of the date of the sale. Failure to pay the 
full bid price within 180 days shall result in the cancellation of the 
sale of the tract, and the deposit shall be forfeited and disposed of 
as other receipts of the sale. All bids will be either returned, 
accepted, or rejected within 30 days of the sale date.
    If the identified parcels are not sold, they will be available for 
sale by sealed bid for six months following the sale date. The sealed 
bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. the first Tuesday of each of the 
subsequent six months, August 1997 through January 1998. Publication of 
this notice will segregate the land from all appropriation, under the 
public land laws for 270 days, or until issuance of patent, or the 
segregation is terminated by publication in the Federal Register, 
whichever occurs first.
    The lands, when patented, will be subject to the following terms, 
reservations and restrictions:
    1. A reservation to the United States for ditches and canals.
    2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    3. Title will be issued by a patent subject to all prior valid 
existing rights.


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    Dated: April 21, 1997.
Sherry Barnett,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-10703 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-M