[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51795-51796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22059]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-040-1430-EU; SDM 87107]


Notice of Realty Action, Direct Sale of Public Lands, Lawrence 
County, SD

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: The below described lands are suitable for disposal by direct 
sale.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments pertaining to this 
action. The lands will not be offered for sale until October 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning the proposed sale should be sent 
to the Bureau of Land Management, South Dakota Field Office, 310 
Roundup Street, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 57717.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Chuck Berdan, at 605-
892-7000. Additional information concerning the land sale, including 
relevant planning and environment documentation, may be obtained from 
the South Dakota Field Office at the above address.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C 1719), the following 
described lands are available for direct sale. The subject land will be 
sold at the approved appraised fair market value of $300. The potential 
buyer of the land will also make application under section 209 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976, to purchase 
the mineral estate along with the surface estate.

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota

T. 4 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 7 and 25.
T. 4 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 36, lots 10, 22 and 23.
    Containing 4.05 acres.

    The purpose of the proposed sale is to dispose of parcels that are 
isolated and uneconomic to manage as a part of the public lands and are 
not suitable for management by another Federal department or agency. 
The parcels are small tracts with no public access. The proposed sale 
is consistent with the South Dakota Resource Management Plan (November 
1985), and the public interest will be served by offering the parcels 
for sale.
    The adjoining land ownership pattern and lack of access indicate 
that a direct sale is appropriate. The parcels will be offered for non-
competitive sale to Wharf Resources (U.S.A.), Inc., who is the adjacent 
and surrounding landowner.
    A mineral examination of the subject lands determined that any 
minerals associated with these parcels have been removed by prior 
mining operations in the area, and that they now have no known mineral 
value. Acceptance of a direct sale offer will constitute an application 
for conveyance of those mineral interests.
    Conveyance of the available mineral interests would occur 
simultaneously with the sale of the land. The applicant will be 
required to pay a $50 non-refundable filing fee for conveyance of the 
available mineral interests.
    The patent, when issued, will contain the following reservation: a 
right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, under the Act of August 30, 1890 (43 
U.S.C. 945).
    The State Director, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 
action, will review objections to the sale. In the absence of any 
objections, this proposal will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior.
    Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will segregate 
the public lands from appropriations under the public land laws, 
including the mining laws, pending disposition of this action or May 
24, 2004, which ever occurs first. Under the application to convey the 
mineral estate, the mineral interests of the United States are 
segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, including the 
mining laws, for a period of 2 years from the date of filing the 
application.

Russell W. Pigors,
Acting South Dakota Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-22059 Filed 8-27-03; 8:45 am]
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