[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44922-44923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22507]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-5700-01; N-62369]


Lander County, Nevada; Notice of Realty Action: Sale of Public 
Land in Lander County, Nevada, by Non-Competitive Sale Procedures

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

ACTION: Non-competitive sale of public lands in Lander County, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: The following described lands have been examined and found 
suitable for direct sale to Bullion Monarch Company at the appraised 
fair market value of $95,000. Authority for the sale is in Sections 203 
and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701, 1713, 1719).

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 13, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Totalling 94.21 acres.

    The above-described lands are hereby classified for disposal in 
accordance with Executive Order 6910 and the Act of June 28, 1934, as 
amended.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 
Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Craggett, Realty Specialist, at 
the above address or at (702) 635-4168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This parcel of land near Austin, Nevada, is 
being offered by direct sale to Bullion Monarch Company, owner of the 
milling operation on the parcel. The land is not required for Federal 
purposes and is identified as suitable for disposal in the Shoshone-
Eureka Resource Management Plan.
    Conveyance of the available mineral interests will occur 
simultaneously with the sale of the land. Acceptance of the sale offer 
will constitute an application for the available minerals and the 
purchaser will be charged a $50.00 nonrefundable filing fee for the 
mineral interests.
    The proponent will have 30 days from the date of receiving the sale 
offer to accept the offer and to submit a deposit of $28,500 (30 
percent of the purchase price), the $50 mineral filing fee, and money 
for publication costs. The purchaser must submit the rest of the 
purchase price, $66,500, within 90 days from the date the sale offer is 
received. Payments may be by certified check,

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postal money order, bank draft, or cashier's check made payable to the 
U. S. Department of the Interior--BLM. Failure to meet conditions 
established for this sale will void the sale and any money received for 
the sale will be forfeited.
    The patent, when issued, will contain a reservation to the United 
States for a right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States under the Act of August 30, 1890, 26 
Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945, and will be subject to:
    1. Right-of-way CC-022158 for State Route 305, having a width of 
200 feet from centerline;
    2. Rights-of-way N-11441, N-12678, and N-46509 held by Sierra 
Pacific Power Company for electrical power distribution lines; and
    3. Valid existing rights.
    Publication of this Notice in the Federal Register segregates the 
subject lands from all appropriations under the public land laws, 
except sale under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
The segregation will terminate upon issuance of the patent or 270 days 
from date of publication, which ever occurs first.
    For a period of 45 days from the date this Notice is published in 
the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the 
Battle Mountain Field Manager at the above address. Any adverse 
comments will be reviewed 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 the final determination of the Department of the Interior. The 
land will not be offered for sale until at least sixty days after the 
date this notice was published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
M. Lee Douthit,
Associate Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-22507 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P