[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30536-30537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14411]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-015-1430-01: GP-9-0194]


Realty Action: Direct and Competitive Sale of Public Land in Lake 
County, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview Resource Area.

ACTION: Direct and competitive sale of public land in Lake County, 
Oregon (OR45221, (OR55119).

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    The following parcels of public land are suitable for direct and 
competitive sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713, at no less than the appraised 
fair market value. The land will not be offered for sale for at least 
60 days following the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

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                        Legal description                             Acreage       Sale price        Deposit
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Parcel Serial No., OR 45221:
    T.40S., R.18E., W.M., Oregon, Sec. 6: Lot 9.................            3.04      $12,500.00       $2,500.00
Parcel Serial No., OR 55119:
    T.40S., R.18E., W.M., Oregon, Sec. 6: Lot 8.................            6.60       17,500.00        3,500.00
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    The above described parcels of land are hereby classified for 
disposal pursuant to Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 
315f and segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the mining laws, but not from sale under the above cited 
statutes. The segregation will last for 270 days from the date of 
publication, until title transfer is completed or the segregation is 
terminated by publication in the Federal Register, whichever occurs 
first.
    The land is not considered essential to the public land management 
base and is unsuitable for management by another Federal agency. No 
significant resource values will be affected by this disposal. The sale 
is consistent with Bureau planning for the land involved and will serve 
important public objectives.
    The properties will be offered for sale at 10:00 a.m. PDT, on 
September 1, 1999, using both direct and competitive sale procedures. 
The sale procedures are authorized under 43 CFR 2711.3-3.
    Sale parcel OR 45221 will offered under direct sale procedures to 
John McEachern and Gloria Utley. Direct sale procedures are considered 
appropriate, in this case, as McEachern/Utley own a summer cabin on the 
offered public land which has been under authorization ORE 0005481 
since 1959. Sale would eliminate the current split property rights 
situation and the need for future authorization. Submission of either 
the indicated sale price or deposit shall be required on the date of 
sale and be in the form of a certified check, postal money order, bank 
draft or cashier's check, made payable to the Department of the 
Interior--BLM. If a deposit is submitted for this parcel, the total 
purchase price shall be paid within 180 days of the date of sale or the 
deposit will be forfeited and the parcel withdrawn from further sale 
consideration.
    Sale parcel OR 55119 will be offered under competitive sale 
procedures and by written sealed bid only. Sealed written bids must be 
received by the BLM, Lakeview Resource Area Office at 1300 South G 
Street, HC 10, Box 337, Lakeview, Oregon 97630, prior to 10:00 am PDT, 
September 1, 1999, and must be for not less than the appraised sale 
price indicated. Written sealed bids must be accompanied by a certified 
check, postal money order, bank draft or cashier's check, made payable 
to the Department of the Interior--BLM for not less than the deposit 
specified in this notice and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope 
clearly marked, in the lower left hand corner, ``Bid for Public Land 
Sale OR 55119, Lake County, Oregon, September 1, 1999.'' All written 
sealed bids received will be opened and the high bidder declared at the 
time of sale. In the event of a tie, the tied bidders will be notified 
and given an opportunity to modify their original bids. The resulting 
bid off will determine the high bidder and the high bidder will be 
notified by certified mail. The high bidder is required to pay the 
total purchase price within 180 days of the date of sale or the deposit 
will be forfeited and the parcel reoffered to the public on an over-
the-counter competitive sale basis.
    The terms, conditions and reservations applicable to the sale are 
as follows:

    (1) Patents to the sale parcels will contain a reservation to 
the United States for ditches and canals.
    (2) The sale parcels will be subject to all valid existing 
rights of record at the time of patent issuance.
    (3) The mineral interests being offered for conveyance with the 
sale parcels have no known value. A deposit or bid to purchase 
either of the parcels will also constitute an application for 
conveyance of the mineral estate with the following reservations;
    (a) Oil and gas and geothermal resources will be reserved to the 
United States.

    The above mineral reservations are being made in accordance with 
Section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
Successful sale participants, must include with their full or final 
payment a non-refundable $50.00 filing fee for conveyance of the 
mineral estate.
    Federal law requires that the bidder(s) must be a U.S. citizen, 18 
years of age or older, a state or state instrumentality authorized to 
hold property, or a corporation authorized to own real estate in the 
state in which the land is located.
    If sale parcel OR 55119 is not sold on the date of first offering, 
the parcel will be available on an over-the-counter competitive sale 
basis and be subject to the above terms and conditions and at no less 
than the indicated sale price. Sealed bids will be accepted on the 
unsold parcel at the Lakeview Resource Area Office during regular 
business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday) at the 
address shown above. All sealed bids will be opened the first Wednesday 
of each subsequent month until the land is either sold or withdrawn 
from sale. Prospective buyers should inquire about parcel availability 
after September 1, 1999.
    Detailed information concerning the sale, including the 
reservations, sale procedures, terms and conditions, planning and 
environmental documentation, is available at the Lakeview Resource Area 
Office, 1300 South G Street, HC 10, Box 337, Lakeview, Oregon 97630.
    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 
Lakeview Resource Area Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, at the 
above address. Objections will be reviewed by the

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Lakeview District Manager who may sustain, vacate or modify this realty 
action. In the absence of any objections, this realty action will 
become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.
Scott R. Florence,
Field Manager, Lakeview Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 99-14411 Filed 6-7-99; 8:45 am]
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