[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

    T. 32 N., R. 34 E., Sec. 5, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    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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