[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 120 (Monday, June 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13352]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCOF07000.L14920000.ER0000.20X]


Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Issuance of a Communications 
Use Lease in Hinsdale County, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is initiating a 
competitive bid process for granting a communications-use lease on 
public land in Hinsdale County, Colorado. The successful bidder will be 
granted a communications-use lease to construct a new communications 
facility at the Hill 71 communications site.

DATES: Bid proposals must be received no later than July 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Mail bid proposals to Field Manager, BLM Gunnison Field 
Office, 210 W Spencer Ave, Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marnie Medina, Realty Specialist, 
Gunnison Field Office, by telephone (970) 642-4954 or by email at 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
to contact Ms. Medina during normal business hours. The FRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or 
question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM Gunnison Field Office determined 
there is a competitive interest in providing an additional 
communications-use facility at the Hill 71 communication site in 
Hinsdale County, Colorado. The competitive bid process described in 
this Notice will be processed pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 and BLM right-of-way regulations at 
43 CFR part 2800.
    Existing communication facilities at the Hill 71 communication site 
include Hinsdale County-owned buildings and a BLM-owned tower. The 
existing facilities are at capacity and unable to accommodate 
additional uses. A second facility (building, tower, back-up generator, 
etc.) would provide for unmet current and future demand at the site. 
The BLM received three applications and one expression of interest for 
developing a communications-use facility at the Hill 71 communication 
site. The BLM has not formally accepted any of the three applications, 
thereby making this site suitable for competitive leasing.
    The BLM has determined that competition exists for constructing a 
second communications facility at Hill 71, in accordance with 43 CFR 
2804.23. The Hill 71 site is located in an area with sensitive visual 
resources and the BLM has determined that only one additional facility 
is appropriate.
    The Hill 71 communication site is located approximately 7 miles 
southeast of Lake City, Colorado, and legally described as:

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 43 N., R. 4 W.,
    sec. 35, lots 6 and 7.

    Granting a communications-use lease at the Hill 71 communication 
site conforms with the BLM Gunnison Resource Area Approved Resource 
Management Plan, approved in February 1993.
    In conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act, an 
environmental analysis will be conducted once a successful bidder has 
been identified.
    Bid Process: A Prospectus for An Opportunity to Construct, Operate, 
and Maintain a Commercial Communications Facility at the Hill 71 
Communications Site that describes the details of the opportunity, the 
bid proposal requirements, and instructions for submitting a bid 
proposal for consideration is available at: https://go.usa.gov/xdUKK. 
Bid proposals will be evaluated according to the Evaluation Criteria 
described in the Prospectus.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2800)

Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-13352 Filed 6-19-20; 8:45 am]
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