[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 793-796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00016]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS00560 L58530000 EU0000 241A; 14-08807; MO# 4500087351]


Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of 39 Parcels of Public 
Land in Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer 39 
parcels of public land totaling 608.57 acres in the Las Vegas Valley by 
competitive sale, at not less than the appraised fair market values 
(FMV). The BLM is proposing to offer the parcels for sale pursuant to 
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (SNPLMA), as 
amended. The sale will be subject to the applicable provisions of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and BLM land 
sale regulations.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the 
sale until February 22, 2016. The sale by sealed bid and oral public 
auction will occur on April 26, 2016, at Clark County Government 
Center, Clark County Commission Chambers, 500 South Grand Central 
Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, NV 89155 at 10 a.m., Pacific Time (PT). The 
FMV for the parcels will be available 30 days prior to the sale. The 
BLM will start accepting sealed bids beginning April 12, 2016. Sealed 
bids must be received by the BLM, Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) no 
later than 4:30 p.m. PT on April 21, 2016.
    The BLM will open sealed bids on the day of the sale just prior to 
the oral bidding.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments and submit sealed bids to the BLM 
LVFO, Assistant Field Manager, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 
Vegas, NV 89130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manuela Johnson by email: 
[email protected], or by telephone: 702-515-5224. General information on 
previous BLM public land sales can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/snplma/Land_Auctions.html. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during 
normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM proposes to offer 39 parcels of 
public land in the southwest and southeast areas of the Las Vegas 
Valley. The subject public lands are legally described as:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

N-80692, 5.00 acres:
T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 30, lot 22.

N-80694, 5.00 acres:
T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 30, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-80695, 5.00 acres:
T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 30, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-92827, 20.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94200, 5.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

N-94201, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-94202, 5.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

N-94203, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 15, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-79533, 14.25 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 32.

N-79552, 10.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 19, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\.

N-94204, 47.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-84196, 15.57 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67.

N-79545, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 19, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94205, 25.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-94206, 5.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.

N-94207, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94208, 5.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 26, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94209, 1.25 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 30, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

N-94210, 1.25 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 30, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

N-94211, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 30, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

N-94212, 2.50 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 30, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94213, 20.00 acres:
T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

N-94214, 28.75 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94215, 5.00 acres:
T. 19 S., R. 59 E.,
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

N-94216, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61E.,
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94217, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61E.,
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-94218, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61E.,
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-94293, 105.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61E.,
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-85668, 20.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

N-94219, 20.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
N-94224, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

N-94220, 10.00 acres:

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T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\.

N-81969, 25.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

N-94221, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-81970, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-81978, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

N-79699, 10.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\.

N-94222, 140.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

N-94223, 5.00 acres:
T. 23 S., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

The areas described aggregate 608.57 acres.

    A sales matrix is available on the BLM Web site at http://www.blm.gov/snplma. The sales matrix provides information specific to 
each sale parcel such as legal description, physical location, 
encumbrances, acreage, and FMV. The FMV for each parcel will be 
available in the sales matrix as soon as approved by the BLM and no 
later than 30 days prior to the sale.
    This competitive sale is in conformance with the BLM Las Vegas 
Resource Management Plan and decision LD-1, approved by Record of 
Decision on October 5, 1998, and complies with Section 203 of FLPMA. 
The Las Vegas Valley Disposal Boundary Environmental Impact Statement 
analyzed the sale parcels and the Record of Decision on December 23, 
2004 approved the suitability for the sale of these parcels. A parcel-
specific Determination of National Environmental Policy Act Adequacy 
document numbered DOI-BLM-NV-S010-2015-0120-DNA was prepared in 
connection with this Notice of Realty Action.
    Submit comments on this sale Notice to the address in the ADDRESSES 
section. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including any personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. The BLM will also publish this Notice once a week for 3 
consecutive weeks in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
    Sale procedures: Registration for oral bidding will begin at 8 a.m. 
PT and will end at 10 a.m. PT at the Clark County Government Center, 
Clark County Commission Chambers, 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Las 
Vegas, NV 89155, on the day of the sale, April 26, 2016. There will be 
no prior registration before the sale date. To participate in the 
competitive sale, all registered bidders must submit a bid guarantee 
deposit in the amount of $10,000 by certified check, postal money 
order, bank draft, or cashier's check made payable to the Department of 
the Interior-Bureau of Land Management on the day of the sale or submit 
the bid guarantee deposit along with the sealed bids. The public sale 
auction will be through sealed and oral bids. Sealed-bids will be 
opened and recorded on the day of the sale to determine the high bids 
among the qualified bids received. Sealed-bids above the FMV will set 
the starting point for oral bidding on a parcel. Parcels that receive 
no qualified sealed bids will begin at the established FMV. Bidders who 
are participating and attending the oral auction on the day of the sale 
are not required to submit a sealed-bid but may choose to do so.
    Sealed-bid envelopes must be clearly marked on the lower front left 
corner with the parcel number and name of the sale, for example: ``N-
XXXXX, 39-parcel SNPLMA Spring Sale 2016.'' Sealed bids must include an 
amount not less than 20 percent of the total bid amount and the $10,000 
bid guarantee noted above by certified check, postal money order, bank 
draft, or cashier's check made payable to the ``Department of the 
Interior-Bureau of Land Management.'' The bid guarantee and bid deposit 
may be combined into one form of deposit; the bidder must specify the 
amounts of the bid deposit and the bid guarantee. The BLM will not 
accept personal or company checks. The sealed-bid envelope must contain 
the 20 percent bid deposit, bid guarantee, and a completed and signed 
``Certificate of Eligibility'' form stating the name, mailing address, 
and telephone number of the entity or person submitting the bid. 
Certificate of Eligibility and registration forms are available at the 
BLM LVFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section and on the BLM 
Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/snplma/Land_Auctions.html. 
Pursuant to 43 CFR 2711.3-1(c), if two or more sealed-bid envelopes 
containing valid bids of the same amount are received, oral bidding 
will start at the sealed-bid amount. If there are no oral bids on the 
parcel, the authorized officer will determine the winning bidder. Bids 
for less than the federally approved FMV will not be qualified. The 
highest qualifying bid for any parcel will be declared the high bid. 
The apparent high bidder must submit a deposit of not less than 20 
percent of the successful bid by 3 p.m. PT on the day of the sale in 
the form of a certified check, postal money order, bank draft, or 
cashier's check made payable in U.S. dollars to the ``Department of the 
Interior--Bureau of Land Management.'' Funds must be delivered no later 
than 3 p.m. PT on the day of the sale to the BLM Collection Officers at 
the Clark County Government Center, Clark County Commission Chambers, 
500 South Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89155. The BLM-LVFO will 
not accept any funds. The BLM will send the successful bidder(s) a 
high-bidder letter with detailed information for full payment.
    All funds submitted with unsuccessful bids will be returned to the 
bidders or their authorized representative upon presentation of an 
acceptable photo identification at the BLM-LVFO or by certified mail. 
The apparent high bidder may choose to apply the bid guarantee towards 
the required deposit. Failure to submit the deposit following the close 
of the sale under 43 CFR 2711.3-1(d) will result in forfeiture of the 
bid guarantee. If the successful bidder offers to purchase more than 
one parcel and fails to submit the 20 percent bid deposit resulting in 
default on any single parcel following the sale, the BLM will retain 
the $10,000 bid guarantee, and may cancel the sale of all the parcels 
to that bidder. If a high bidder is unable to consummate the 
transaction for any reason, the BLM may offer the parcel to the second 
highest bidder for their bid. If there are no acceptable bids, a parcel 
may remain available for sale at a future date in accordance with 
competitive sale procedures without further legal notice.
    Federal law requires that bidders must be: (1) A citizen of the 
United States 18 years of age or older; (2) A corporation subject to 
the laws of any State or of the United States; (3) A State, State 
instrumentality, or political subdivision authorized to hold property; 
or (4) An entity legally capable of conveying and holding lands or

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interests therein under the laws of the State of Nevada.
    Evidence of United States citizenship is a birth certificate, 
passport, or naturalization papers. Failure to submit the above 
requested documents to the BLM within 30 days from receipt of the high-
bidder letter will result in cancellation of the sale and forfeiture of 
the bid deposit. Citizenship documents and Articles of Incorporation 
(as applicable) must be provided to the BLM-LVFO for each sale. The 
successful bidder is allowed 180 days from the date of the sale to 
submit the remainder of the full purchase price.
    According to SNPLMA as amended, Public Law 105-263 section 4(c), 
lands identified within the Las Vegas Valley Disposal Boundary are 
withdrawn from location and entry, under the mining laws and from 
operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws until 
such time as the Secretary terminates the withdrawal or the lands are 
patented. Any subsequent applications will not be accepted, will not be 
considered as filed, and will be returned to the applicant. The 
segregative effect of this Notice terminates upon issuance of a patent 
or other document of conveyance to such lands.
    Terms and Conditions: All minerals for the sale parcels will be 
reserved to the United States. The patents will contain a mineral 
reservation to the United States for all minerals. The BLM refers 
interested parties to the regulation at 43 CFR 3601.71(b), which 
provides that the owner of the surface estate of lands with reserved 
Federal minerals may ``use a minimal amount of mineral materials for 
personal use'' within the boundaries of the surface estate without a 
sales contract or permit. The regulation provides that all other use, 
absent statutory or other express authority, requires a sales contract 
or permit. We also refer interested parties to the explanation of this 
regulatory language in the preamble to the final rule published in the 
Federal Register in 2001, which stated that minimal use ``would not 
include large-scale use of mineral materials, even within the 
boundaries of the surface estate.'' 66 FR 58894 (Nov. 23, 2001). 
Further explanation is contained in BLM Instruction Memorandum No. 
2014-085 (April 23, 2014), available on BLM's Web site at http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations/Instruction_Memos_and_Bulletins/national_instruction/2014/im_2014-085__unauthorized.html.
    The parcels are subject to limitations prescribed by law and 
regulation, and certain encumbrances in favor of third parties. Prior 
to patent issuance, a holder of any right-of-way (ROW) within the sale 
parcels will have the opportunity to amend the ROW for conversion to a 
new term, including perpetuity, if applicable, or conversion to an 
easement. The BLM will notify valid existing ROW holders of record of 
their ability to convert their compliant ROWs to perpetual ROWs or 
easement. In accordance with Federal regulations at 43 CFR 2807.15, 
once notified, each valid holder may apply for the conversion of their 
current authorization.
    The following numbered terms and conditions will appear on the 
conveyance documents for the sale parcels:
    1. All mineral deposits in the lands so patented, and to it, or 
persons authorized by it, the right to prospect for, mine, and remove 
such deposits from the same under applicable law and regulations to be 
established by the Secretary of the Interior are reserved to the United 
States, together with all necessary access and exit rights;
    2. A right-of-way is reserved for ditches and canals constructed by 
authority of the United States under the Act of August 30, 1890 (43 
U.S.C. 945);
    3. The parcels are subject to valid existing rights;
    4. The parcels are subject to reservations for road, public 
utilities and flood control purposes, both existing and proposed, in 
accordance with the local governing entities' transportation plans; and
    5. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United 
States from claims arising out of the lessee's/patentee's use, 
occupancy, or occupations on the leased/patented lands.
    Pursuant to the requirements established by Section 120(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9620(h) (CERCLA), as amended, notice is hereby given that the 
lands have been examined and no evidence was found to indicate that any 
hazardous substances have been stored for 1 year or more, nor had any 
hazardous substances been disposed of or released on the subject 
property.
    No warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, is given by the 
United States as to the title, whether or to what extent the land may 
be developed, its physical condition, future uses, or any other 
circumstance or condition. The conveyance of a parcel will not be on a 
contingency basis. However, to the extent required by law, the parcel 
is subject to the requirements of Section 120(h) of the CERCLA.
    Unless the BLM authorized officer approved other satisfactory 
arrangements in advance, conveyance of title will be through escrow. 
Designation of the escrow agent will be through mutual agreement 
between the BLM and the prospective patentee, and costs of escrow will 
be borne by the prospective patentee.
    The BLM-LVFO must receive the request for escrow instructions prior 
to 30 days before the prospective patentee's scheduled closing date. 
There are no exceptions.
    All name changes and supporting documentation must be received at 
the BLM-LVFO 30 days from the date on the high-bidder letter by 4:30 
p.m. PT. There are no exceptions. To submit a name change, the apparent 
high bidder must submit the name change in writing on the Certificate 
of Eligibility form to the BLM-LVFO.
    The remainder of the full bid price for the parcel must be received 
no later than 4:30 p.m. PT, within 180 days following the day of the 
sale. Payment must be submitted in the form of a certified check, 
postal money order, bank draft, cashier's check, or made available by 
electronic fund transfer made payable in U.S. dollars to the 
``Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land Management'' to the BLM-
LVFO. The BLM will not accept personal or company checks.
    Arrangements for electronic fund transfer to the BLM for payment of 
the balance due must be made a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the payment 
date. Failure to pay the full bid price prior to the expiration of the 
180th day will disqualify the high bidder and cause the entire 20 
percent bid deposit to be forfeited to the BLM. Forfeiture of the 20 
percent bid deposit is in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3-1(d). No 
exceptions will be made. The BLM cannot accept the remainder of the bid 
price after the 180th day of the sale date.
    The BLM will not sign any documents related to 1031 Exchange 
transactions. The timing for completion of such an exchange is the 
bidder's responsibility. The BLM cannot be a party to any 1031 
Exchange.
    In accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3-1(f), within 30 days the BLM may 
accept or reject any or all offers to purchase, or withdraw any parcel 
of land or interest therein from sale if the BLM authorized officer 
determines consummation of the sale would be inconsistent with any law, 
or for other reasons as may be provided by applicable law or 
regulations. No contractual or other rights against the United States 
may accrue until the BLM officially accepts

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the offer to purchase and the full bid price is paid.
    The parcel may be subject to land use applications received prior 
to publication of this Notice if processing the application would have 
no adverse effect on the marketability of title, or the FMV of the 
parcel. Information concerning the sale, encumbrances of record, 
appraisals, reservations, procedures and conditions, CERCLA, and other 
environmental documents that may appear in the BLM public files for the 
proposed sale parcels are available for review during business hours, 
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT, Monday through Friday, at the BLM-LVFO, 
except during Federal holidays.
    In order to determine the FMV through appraisal, certain 
extraordinary assumptions and hypothetical conditions may have been 
made concerning the attributes and limitations of the lands and 
potential effects of local regulations and policies on potential future 
land uses. Through publication of this Notice, the BLM advises that 
these assumptions may not be endorsed or approved by units of local 
government.
    It is the buyer's responsibility to be aware of all applicable 
Federal, State, and local government laws, regulations and policies 
that may affect the subject lands, including any required dedication of 
lands for public uses. It is also the buyer's responsibility to be 
aware of existing or prospective uses of nearby properties. When 
conveyed out of Federal ownership, the lands will be subject to any 
applicable laws, regulations, and policies of the applicable local 
government for proposed future uses. It is the responsibility of the 
purchaser to be aware through due diligence of those laws, regulations, 
and policies, and to seek any required local approvals for future uses. 
Buyers should make themselves aware of any Federal or State law or 
regulation that may affect the future use of the property. Any land 
lacking access from a public road or highway will be conveyed as such, 
and future access acquisition will be the responsibility of the buyer.
    Any comments regarding the proposed sale will be reviewed by the 
BLM Nevada State Director or other authorized official of the 
Department of the Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 
realty action in response to such comments. In the absence of any 
comments, this realty action will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2711.1-2.

Vanessa L. Hice,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands.
[FR Doc. 2016-00016 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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