[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14262-14263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7126]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-650-00-5440-B101, CACA-38678]


Noncompetitive Sale of Public Land in Kern County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain land has been examined and 
identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale under section 203 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43 
U.S.C. 1701, 1713). The land will be offered for sale 60 days after the 
publication of this notice. The 40 acres of land is described as the 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, section 10, T. 9 N., R. 13 W., San Bernardino Meridian, 
Kern County, California.
    The land has not been used for and is not required for any Federal 
purpose. The Parcel is difficult and uneconomic to manage as public 
land. Disposal would best serve the public interest. The disposal would 
be consistent with the Bureau's planning recommendations as approved in 
the California Desert Conservation Plan (1986), as amended.
    All mineral interest will be offered for conveyance. The mineral 
interest being offered have no known mineral value. Mr. Snavely has 
applied 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. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1719(b)). The patent issued as 
the result of the sale will be subject to all valid existing rights and 
reservations of record and will contain a reservation to the United 
States for a right-of-way for ditches and canals under the Act of 
August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391, 43 U.S.C. 945); and
    The patentee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the grantor 
harmless from any costs, damages, claims, liabilities, and judgements 
arising from past, present, and future, acts or omissions of the 
patentee, its

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employees, agents, contractors, or lessees arising of or in connection 
with, patentee's use, occupancy or operations on the patented real 
property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes, 
but is not limited to, acts and omissions of the patentee, its 
employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, arising out of or in 
connection with the use and/or occupancy on the patented real property 
which has already resulted or does hereafter result in: (1) Violations 
of federal, state, and local laws and regulations which are now or may 
in the future become, applicable to the patented real property; (2) 
Judgements, claims or demands assessed against the grantor; (3) Costs, 
expenses, damages incurred by the United States; (4) Other releases or 
threatened releases on or into land, property and other interests of 
the grantor by solid waste and/or hazardous substance(s) as defined by 
federal or state environmental laws; (5) Or other activities by which 
solid or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by federal and 
state environmental laws were generated, released, stored, used or 
otherwise disposed on the patented real property, and any clean-up 
response, natural resource damage or other actions related in any 
manner to said solid or hazardous substances or wastes. This covenant 
shall be construed as running with the patented real property, and may 
be enforced by the United States in a court of competent jurisdiction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT CONTACT: Janet Eubanks, 
Ridgecrest Realty Specialist at (909) 697-5376, located in the 
California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA 
92507. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, interested parties may submit comment. Any adverse comments 
will be evaluated by the District Manager, who may vacate or modify 
this realty action and issue a final determination. In the absence of 
any action by the District Manager, this realty action will become the 
final determination of the Department of the Interior Comments, 
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available 
for public review at the above address during regular business hours 
(8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests 
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials or organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public inspection on in their 
entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register will segregate the public lands described above to the 
extent that they will not be subject to appropriation under the public 
and laws, including the mining laws. This segregation will end upon 
issuance of patent, or 270 days from the date of publication of this 
notice.

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
Alan Stein,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7126 Filed 3-23-99; 8:45 am]
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