[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18631-18632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9416]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-61258]
Notice of Realty Action, Direct Sale of Public Land, Pershing
County, Nevada
SUMMARY: The following described land has been found suitable for
direct sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land
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Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713). The
land is hereby classified for disposal in accordance with Executive
Order 6910 and the Act of June 28, 1934, as amended and will be sold at
not less than fair market value:
Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada
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Containing 30.00 acres more or less.
The lands are not required for federal purposes. Disposal is
consistent with the Bureau's planning for this area and would be in the
public's interest. The land is being offered by direct sale to Howard
E. Harris and Terry A. Harris, DBA Murt-Higgins Mine Management
Partnership. The mineral estate is vested in a third party and
therefore can not be offered in this sale.
The land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Detweiler, Realty Specialist,
Bureau of Land Management, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV
89445 (775) 623-1500.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The public lands are being offered to Howard
and Terry Harris, DBA Murt-Higgins Mine Management Partnership, since
they have occupied and developed the site. The Harrises developed the
site under the auspices of the general mining law, however, that was
determined infeasible since the mineral estate is held by a private
third party. The proposed sale would allow the Harrises to keep their
property and material on the site. Some of the material on site
consists of precious metals refinery slags and powders that contain
hazardous substances. Section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires a notice
when hazardous substances have been stored on the property. The
following notice describes the material stored on the site in
compliance with the CERCLA: Approximately 520 tons, of slag and powder
from precious metal refining, have been stored on the site since 1989.
Some of the slag and powder show a toxicity characteristic for the
metals chromium, selenium, and lead.
Since the property has been developed, the patent would contain a
solid waste/hazardous substance(s) statement indemnifying the United
States. The above described land is hereby segregated from
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws,
but not from sale under the above cited statutes, for 270 days from the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, or until
title transfer is completed or the segregation is terminated by
publication in the Federal Register, whichever occurs first.
A PATENT, WHEN ISSUED, WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING RESERVATION TO
THE UNITED STATES;
A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the
authority of the United States pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890
(43 U.S.C. 945).
AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO:
1. Those rights for communication line purposes which have been
granted to Bell Telephone Company of Nevada by Right-of-way N-12660,
under the Act of March 4, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 961).
2. An easement for a power transmission line granted to Sierra
Pacific Power Company from Southern Pacific Land Company by Deed No.
4151-F, recorded in Pershing County, Nevada, Book #14 page 71.
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, Winnemucca Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 5100
E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445. In the absence of timely
objections, this proposal shall become the final determination of the
Department of the Interior.
Dated: April 7, 1999.
Les W. Boni,
Acting Winnemucca Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-9416 Filed 4-14-99; 8:45 am]
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