[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17681]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-050-07-1430-01; AZA 30069, AZA 30123, AZA 22763]


Arizona: Notice of Realty Action: Noncompetitive Sales of Public 
Lands in Yuma County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, Noncompetitive Sales.

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SUMMARY: The following lands have been found suitable for direct sale 
under Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713), at not less than the 
estimated fair market value. The lands will not be offered for sale 
until at least 60 days after the date of this notice. The following 
described lands are within the city limits of San Luis and are being 
offered by direct sale to the following businesses:

AZA 30069--Fosters of Yuma, Inc.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 11 S., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 12, lot 9, block 30 of the San Luis Townsite.

    Containing 0.136 acres, more or less.

AZA 30123--Shay Oil Company

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 11 S., R. 25 W.,
    Sec. 12, lots 6, 7, and 8, block 30 of the San Luis Townsite.

    Containing 0.652 acres, more or less.

    The lands described are hereby segregated from appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the mining laws, until conveyance, 
publication in the Federal Register of a termination of the segregation 
or, 270 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, whichever occurs first.
    The following described land will be offered by noncompetitive sale 
to Timothy Conovaloff:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 9 S., R. 24 W.,
    Sec. 8, lot 8.

    Containing 4.37 acres, more or less.

    The land is currently withdrawn under the Secretarial Order of 7/
20/1905, Withdrawal for Yuma Project. The land is segregated from 
surface and mineral entry under the general mining laws. The withdrawal 
will be lifted prior to issuing patent.
    If it is determined that the subject lands contain no known mineral 
values, the mineral interests may be conveyed simultaneously to the 
purchasers, upon payment of a $50 nonrefundable filing fee. The 
patents, when issued, will contain certain reservations to the United 
States and will be subject to any valid existing rights. The sale of 
these lands would be in conformance with the Yuma District Resource 
Management Plan (as amended), approved February 1987. In accordance 
with section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and Executive 
Order No. 6910, the described lands are hereby classified for disposal 
by sale.

DATES: August 22, 1997, interested parties may submit comments to the 
Field Manager, Yuma Field Office, address below. Objections will be 
reviewed by the State Director who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 
realty action. In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall 
become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning the sale, including the 
reservations, sale procedures and conditions, and planning and 
environmental documents, is available at the Yuma Field Office, 2555 
East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Realty Specialist Dave Curtis at (520) 317-3237, or Realty Specialist 
Lucas Lucero at (520) 317-3215.

    Dated: June 27, 1997.
Maureen A. Merrell,
Program Manager, Business and Fiscal Services/Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-17681 Filed 7-7-97; 8:45 am]
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