[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2903-2904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1487]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-092-02-1430-EU: GP02-0002; OR 55429]


Realty Action; Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of two small parcels of 
public land in Lane County, Oregon, for sale using modified competitive 
sale procedures.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following land is suitable for modified 
competitive sale under sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719), at no less than 
the appraised fair market value (FMV). The land will not be offered for 
sale until at least 60 days after publication of this notice:

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

Parcel A

T. 21 S., R. 3 W.
    Sec. 2: Lot 6

    Containing 1.77 acres.
    Appraised fair market value: $6,100.00.

Parcel B:

T. 21 S., R. 3 W.
    Sec. 2: Lot 9

    Containing 1.97 acres.
    Appraised fair market value: $16,600.00.

    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 statute, 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.
    This land is difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the 
public lands and is not suitable for management by another Federal 
agency. No significant resource values will be affected by this

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disposal. Coordination with State, tribal and local governments 
concerning the sale has been conducted. The sale is consistent with 
BLM's planning for the land involved and the public interest will be 
served by the sale.
    Purchasers must be U.S. citizens, 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.
    The two parcels will be offered for sale at public auction using 
modified bidding procedures authorized under 43 CFR 2711.3-2. Bidding 
for each parcel is open to all qualified bidders; however, the 
following adjacent land owners (designated bidders) will be given the 
opportunity to meet the highest bid received at the sale for either 
parcel: Spencer K. Adair and Jeanne L. Adair; Donna R. Dennis and Wanda 
Dennis; Marjorie A. Nord and Roylin A. Melton; Donald J. Overholser and 
Rodney G. Matthews; LaVerna Pitcher and Randy Pitcher; and Paul M. 
Tollefson and Elizabeth Tollefson. Modified competitive sale is 
appropriate since the land is part of a survey hiatus identified by 
cadastral survey in 1999 and has been inadvertently occupied and 
utilized for many years by a roadway providing access to adjoining 
lands. A Bonneville Power Administration electric transmission line 
corridor occupies portions of both parcels and a portion of a 
residential carport encroaches upon Parcel B.
    The two parcels will be offered for sale at public auction 
beginning at 10 am, PST on March 25, 2002, at 2890 Chad Drive, Eugene, 
Oregon 97401-9336. Sale will be by sealed bid only. All sealed bids 
must be received by the BLM's Eugene District Office at 2890 Chad 
Drive, Eugene, Oregon 97401-9336, prior to 10 a.m. on the date of the 
sale, March 25, 2002. Bid envelopes must be marked on the lower left 
front corner, ``Sale OR 55429 Parcel A'' or ``Sale OR 55429 Parcel B''. 
Bids must be for not less than the appraised FMV specified in this 
notice. Each sealed bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, 
postal money order, bank draft, or cashier's check made payable to the 
Department of Interior, BLM for not less than 10 percent of the amount 
bid. Any parcel not sold as a result of the March 25, 2002, sale will 
be re-offered to the general public through continuing modified 
competitive sales. Offers for the unsold parcel will be accepted in a 
manner consistent with the process described herein; bids will be 
opened on the 15th day of each month thereafter until the apparent high 
bid is declared.
    Under modified competitive sale procedures the written sealed bids 
will be opened and an apparent high bid for each parcel will be 
declared at the sale. The apparent high bidder and the designated 
bidders will be notified. The designated bidders will be given 30 days 
from the date of the sale to exercise the preference consideration 
given to meet the high bid, individually or in combination. Should the 
designated bidders fail to submit a written bid that matches the 
apparent high bid within the specified time period, the apparent high 
bidder will be declared high bidder. In case more than one written bid 
matching the apparent high bid is received from designated bidders, the 
interested bidders will be given an opportunity and instructions for 
submission of an additional sealed bid, meeting the above stated 
requirements, which additional sealed bids will be opened at a 
specified time, date and place, followed by oral bidding. At the 
conclusion of the oral bidding, the high bidder will be awarded the 
property. The total purchase price for the land shall be paid within 
180 days of the date of this sale.
    The terms, conditions, and reservations applicable to the sale are 
as follows:
    1. A right-of-way for ditches and canals will be reserved to the 
United States under 43 U.S.C. 945.
    2. A successful bid for a parcel will constitute an application for 
conveyance of the mineral estate in accordance with section 209 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act. A nonrefundable $50.00 filing 
fee for the conveyance of the mineral estate will be required from the 
prospective purchaser. The mineral interests to be conveyed 
simultaneously with the sale of the land have been determined to have 
no known mineral value.
    3. Patent will be issued subject to all valid existing rights and 
reservations of record.
    4. The sale will be subject to:
    a. Parcel A:
    (1) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to the U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, for 
an existing electric transmission line.
    (2) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to LaVerna Pitcher, for ingress and egress to her adjoining property.
    (3) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to Donald J. Overholser and Rodney G. Matthews, for ingress and egress 
to their adjoining property.
    b. Parcel B:
    (1) Such rights for public road purposes as Lane County, Oregon, or 
its successors in interest may have pursuant to right-of-way OR 55407. 
Act of October 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2776, 43 U.S.C. 1761.
    (2) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to the U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, for 
an existing electric transmission line.
    (3) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to LaVerna Pitcher, for ingress and egress to her adjoining property.
    (4) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to Donald J. Overholser and Rodney G. Matthews, for ingress and egress 
to their property adjoining Parcel A.
    (5) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an easement 
to Donna R. Dennis and Wanda Dennis, for ingress and egress to their 
adjoining property.
    (6) A requirement that the purchaser, at closing, grant an 
encroachment easement to Donna R. Dennis and Wanda Dennis, for an 
existing carport structure that encroaches upon Parcel B.
DATES: 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, South Valley Resource Area, Bureau of Land 
Management, at the address below. Objections will be reviewed by the 
Eugene District Manager who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 
action. In absence of any objections, this realty action will become 
the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning the sale, including the 
reservations; sale procedures and conditions; form of the easements to 
be granted to the Bonneville Power Administration, LaVerna Pitcher, 
Donald J. Overholser and Rodney G. Matthews, and Donna R. Dennis and 
Wanda Dennis; and planning and environmental documents, is available at 
the Eugene District Office, P.O. Box 10226 (2890 Chad Drive), Eugene, 
Oregon 97440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Wold, Realty Specialist, Eugene 
District Office, at (541) 683-6403.

    Dated: September 27, 2001.
Steven Calish,
Field Manager, South Valley Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 02-1487 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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