[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23789-23790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11307]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-065-07-1990-02; CACA-37875]


Notice of Realty Action; California

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management is offering the following lands 
in Kern County, California for direct sale.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Bureau of Land Management at 300 
S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, ATTN: Linn Gum, Ph: 760-384-
5450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Land Tenure Adjustment Element 
entitled ``Needs of Desert Communities'', the California Desert 
Protection Plan of 1980 provides guidance allowing the Bureau of Land 
Management to consider the special needs of desert communities by the 
transfer of ownership of key public land parcels in and around these 
communities. The following public lands have been found suitable for 
sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 for non-competitive Direct Sale to the current residents, 
structure owners and/or mining claimants. The appraisal was completed 
in accordance with the Federal Uniform Appraisal Standards of 1992 and 
the United States Professional Appraisal Practices of 1997.

Mount Diablo Meridian, California

T. 29S., R. 40E.,
    Sec. 35.

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                                                             Fair Market
                    Lot No.                       Acreage       Value   
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48............................................         1.31       $1,000
49............................................          .96          500
50............................................          .48          500
53............................................          .65          500
54............................................          .25          500
55............................................          .11          500
56............................................          .31          500
57............................................          .19          500
58............................................         8.19        4,100
59............................................          .02          500
60............................................          .12          500
61............................................          .41          500
62............................................          .23          500
63............................................          .21          500
64............................................          .20          500
65............................................          .30          500
66............................................          .38          500
67............................................          .32          500
68............................................          .36          500
69............................................          .52          500
70............................................          .48          500
71............................................          .43          500
72............................................          .09          500
73............................................          .32          500
74............................................          .22          500
75............................................          .20          500
76............................................          .18          500
77............................................          .11          500
78............................................          .33          500
79............................................          .21          500
80............................................          .20          500
81............................................          .20          500
82............................................          .55          500
83............................................          .35          500
84............................................          .50          500
85............................................          .54          500
86............................................          .38          500
87............................................          .35          500
88............................................          .11          500
89............................................          .19          500
90............................................          .23          500
91............................................          .14          500
92............................................           19          500
93............................................          .04          500
94............................................          .06          500
95............................................          .02          500
96............................................          .04          500
97............................................          .23          500
98............................................          .10          500
99............................................          .25          500
100...........................................          .11          500
101...........................................         1.51        1,000
102...........................................          .34          500
103...........................................          .45          500
104...........................................          .02          500
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Sale Procedures and Requirements

    Direct Sale of most of the lots that are encumbered by surface 
occupancy and use also have current mining claims encumbering the 
subsurface estate. The Sale procedures have been specifically designed 
to ensure that either the surface user or mining claimant has first 
and/or second rights of acceptance, respectively. Upon the 61st day 
following receipt of this notice, BLM will offer the lots to the 
designated buyers.
    First Right of Acceptance: The surface occupant will have the first 
opportunity to purchase their lot(s) from the Bureau of Land 
Management. The purchase is for the fair market value as determined by 
appraisal completed on April 8, 1997.
    Failure by the surface occupant to accept the offer in writing, 
within 30 days from the date of its receipt, and to submit full payment 
for the fair market value price of the lot(s) offered will be 
considered a refusal of the Sale Offer. Such a refusal will result in 
the lots(s) being offered for sale to the underlying mineral interest 
owner (mining claimant), if one exists.
    All payments for the offered lots must be in the form of a 
certified or Cashiers check, bank draft or money order which is made 
payable to the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management (USDI-BLM). Payment will also be accepted via Mastercard or 
Visa.
    Second Right of Acceptance: In the event the surface estate is not 
purchased on the initial offering to the surface improvements owner/
occupant of record, a second sale offer will be made to the underlying 
mineral interest owner (mining claimant) if one exists. This offer will 
be in accordance with the same criteria as set out above. Should the 
Second Right of Acceptance be refused, the effected parcel(s) will be 
held for competitive sale at a future date.
    In either case described above, a failure to accept an offered 
parcel is described as: 1) failure to meet or accept any of the terms 
and conditions of the sale or the encumbrances to the surface estate; 
2) failure to pay in full the Fair Market Appraised Value; and 3) 
failure to timely file with the Bureau of Land Management the Sale 
Offer Acceptance form. Due to the nature of this type of Sale Offer, 
the Bureau of Land Management will strictly adhere to the timeframes 
for offers, no exceptions will be permitted.

Terms and Conditions Applicable to the Sale Are

    1. The subsurface estate and all minerals, subject to valid 
existing rights, shall be reserved to the United States, together with 
the right to prospect for, mine and remove the minerals.
    2. A reservation for road rights-of-way will be incorporated into 
each affected patent in conjunction with the Kern County road network.
    3. A right-of-way is reserved for ditches and canals constructed by 
the authority of the United States under the authority of the Act of 
August 30, 1890, 43 U.S.C. 945.

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    4. The patent will be subject to any rights-of-way for the purposes 
of utilities (Electric, Telephone, Water and Cable) as they affect the 
lots.
    5. The patent will be subject to an easement for historical access 
for roads commonly known as Jewel, Lexington Place and Beck Road. These 
roads will not be part of the Kern County Road inventory and network, 
unless added at a later date by Kern County.
    The purchaser, by accepting the land patent, will indemnify the 
United States against any current or future liability pertaining to 
Hazardous Materials and underlying mine shafts, tunnels or adits, known 
or unknown.
    The purchaser, by accepting the land patent, acknowledges when 
accepted that the specific property is encumbered by mining claims 
filed pursuant to the mining laws of the United States. The conveyance 
of the property by a land patent is made subject to those claims and to 
any and all rights that the holders thereof may have pursuant to the 
laws of the United States and the State of California.
    Federal law requires that participants in a Direct Sale be citizens 
of the United States and 18 years of age or older. Proof of Citizenship 
must accompany the acceptance of Sale Offer. Unsold lots will be 
offered competitively at a future date to be set by the Bureau of Land 
Management.

Grazing Issues

    The land sale discussed herein, involves lands inside the Cantil 
Common Allotment. These lands are withdrawn under Section three of the 
Taylor Grazing Act. It has been determined that the lands contribute no 
forage for the Cantil Common Allotment and their sale will not result 
in the loss of grazing preference for any of the permittees.
    Detailed information concerning the sale, including the 
reservations, sale procedures and conditions, and planning and 
environmental documents, is available at the Bureau of Land Management, 
Ridgecrest Resource Area office, 300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, CA 
93555.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of this Notice in the Federal 
Register, interested parties may submit comments to the Area Manager, 
at the above address. In the absence of timely objections, this 
proposal shall become the final determination of the Department of the 
Interior.
Linn Gum,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-11307 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-40-P