[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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