[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34579]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-020-09-1430-01; AZA-29339]
Notice of Realty Action: Modified Competitive Sale of Public
Lands in Maricopa County, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, Modified Competitive Sale.
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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Maricopa County, Arizona have
been found suitable for a modified competitive sale under Section 203
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 of
$36,400. The land will not be offered for sale for at least 60 days
after the date of this notice.
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 6 N., R. 4 W.,
Sec. 14, lot 1.
Consisting of 16.52 acres.
The land described above is hereby segregated from appropriation
under the public land laws including the mining laws, pending
disposition of this action 270 days from the date of publication of
this notice, whichever occurs first.
This land will be offered by sealed bid only to the adjacent
private landowners due to the lack of legal access. All bids must be
submitted to the Phoenix Field Office, U.S. Bureau of Land Management,
2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, by no later than
4:00 p.m. MST. March 1, 1999. Sealed bid forms and envelopes will be
provided to all prospective bidders prior to the sale. Bids must be for
not less than the appraised value specified above. Each bid shall be
accompanied by a certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or
cashier's check made payable to the USDI, Bureau of Land Management,
for not less than 10 percent of the amount bid.
A successful bid for a parcel will qualify the prospective
purchaser to make application for conveyance of those mineral interests
offered under the authority of section 209(b) of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2757; 43 U.S.C. 1719). A
nonrefundable fee of $50 will be required from the prospective
purchaser for purchase of the mineral interests. Those mineral
interests to be conveyed simultaneously with the sale of the land have
been determined to have no known mineral value.
Federal law requires that bidders must be U.S. citizens and 18
years of age or older. Proof of citizenship shall accompany the bid. If
two or more valid bids of the same amount are received, the
determination of which is to be considered the highest bid shall be by
supplemental oral bidding. The remainder of the full price bid shall be
paid within 180 days of the date of the sale. Failure to pay the full
price within the 180 days shall disqualify the apparent high bidder and
cause the bid deposit to be forfeited to the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management.
The conveyance document, when issued, will contain certain
reservations to the United States and will be subject to any existing
rights-of-way and any other valid existing rights. Detailed information
concerning this sale is available for review at the Phoenix Field
Office, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2015 West Deer Valley Road,
Phoenix, Arizona 85027, (602) 580-5500.
For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice
in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the
Field Manager, Phoenix Field Office, at the above address. In the
absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the final
determination of the Department of the Interior.
Dated: December 22, 1998.
Michael A. Taylor,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-34579 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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