[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26465]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-030-1430-00-2Z; AZA-20666]


Notice of Realty Action Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands 
in Mohave County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action, modified competitive sale.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands 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. 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. 20 N., R. 17 W.
Sec. 8, lot 3.

    Consisting of 3.21 acres.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The above described land is being offered as 
a modified competitive sale, sealed bid and oral auction, to the 
adjoining land owners for not less then appraised value of $51,360. 
This land will be offered to the adjacent private landowners only due 
to the lack of legal access. All bids must be submitted to the Kingman 
Field Office, 2475 Beverly Ave, Kingman, Arizona 86401, by no later 
than 4:00 p.m. MST, December 10, 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. The highest 
qualified sealed bid will determine the starting monetary point for 
oral bidding. Oral bids must be in increments of $100.00.
    The lands described above is hereby segregated from appropriation 
under the public land laws including the mining laws, pending 
disposition of this action or 270 days from the date of publication of 
this notice, whichever occurs first.
    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). In 
addition to the bid price, a non-refundable fee of $50 will be required 
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.
    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, Kingman Field Office, 2475 Beverly Ave., Kingman, 
Arizona 86401. In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall 
become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janna Paronto, Land Law Examiner, at 
(520) 692-4449.

    Dated: September 23, 1999.
John C. Jamrog,
Program Manager, Nonrenewable.
[FR Doc. 99-26465 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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