[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53019-53020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26969]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-014-08-3110-00-H040 GP7-0315]


Notice of Direct Sale of Public Lands in Klamath County, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of direct sale of public lands in Klamath County, 
Oregon.

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SUMMARY: The following described lands have been determined to be 
suitable for disposal by direct sale under Section 203 of the Federal 
Land Policy Land Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713, at not less 
the appraised fair market value of $645,000.

Willamette Meridian

T. 37 S., R. 9 E.                                                       
  Sec. 4-SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.....................................       40.00
  Sec. 9-NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.....................       80.00
  Sec. 35-SE\1/4\NE\1/4\....................................       40.00
T. 37 S., R. 10 E.                                                      
  Sec. 12-S\1/2\SE\1/4\.....................................       80.00
  Sec. 13-NE\1/4\NW\1/4\....................................       40.00
T. 37 S., R. 11\1/2\-E.                                                 
  Sec. 13-E\1/2\NW\1/4\.....................................       80.00
  Sec. 14-SE\1/4\NE\1/4\....................................       40.00
  Sec. 17-SE\1/4\SW\1/4\....................................       40.00
  Sec. 20-NE\1/4\SE\1/4\....................................       40.00
  Sec. 21-W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/           
   4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.................      360.00
  Sec. 22-W\1/2\SW\1/4\.....................................       80.00
  Sec. 26-NE\1/4\NW\1/4\....................................       40.00
  Sec. 27-NW\1/4\SW\1/4\....................................       40.00
  Sec. 28-SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\,                
   NW\1/4\SW\1/4\...........................................      200.00
  Sec. 29-SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\......      200.00

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T. 37 S., R. 11 E.                                                      
  Sec. 29-N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.....................      120.00
  Sec. 30-N\1/2\SE\1/4\.....................................       80.00
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      Total.................................................    1,600.00
                                                                        

    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 or until the title 
transfer is completed or the segregation is terminated by publication 
in the Federal Register, which ever occurs first.
    These lands are difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the 
public lands and are not suitable for management by another Federal 
agency. No significant resource values will be affected by this 
disposal. The sale is consistent with the Bureau of Land Management's 
planning for the lands involved and the public interest will be served 
by the sale. Sale of these lands will contribute to reducing the land 
sale commitment the Klamath Falls Resource Area incurred with the 
acquisition of the Wood River Ranch.
    Purchaser 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 land is being offered by direct sale to the American Land 
Conservancy, a California public benefit corporation using the Direct 
sale procedures authorized under 43 CFR 2711.3-3. direct sale is 
appropriate because the American Land Conservancy assisted the Bureau 
of Land Management in acquiring the north half of the Wood River Ranch.
    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. The mineral interests being offered for conveyance have not 
known mineral value. The acceptance of a direct sale offer will 
constitute an application for conveyance of the mineral estate, with 
the exception of the Oil, Gas and Geothermal interests which will be 
reserved to the United States in accordance with Section 209 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Direct purchasers must 
submit a non refundable $50.00 filing fee for the conveyance of the 
mineral estate upon request of the Bureau of Land Management.
    3. Patents will be issued subject to all valid existing rights and 
reservations of record.
    If the lands identified in this notice are not sold, they will be 
offered competitively on a continuing basis until sold. Sealed bids 
will be accepted at the Klamath Falls Resource Area Office during 
regular business hours. All bids will be opened the first Wednesday of 
the month beginning on March 4, 1998. To be considered, bids must be 
received by 10:00 AM on the day of the bid opening.
    Detailed informational concerning the sale, including the 
reservations, sale procedures and conditions, and planning and 
environmental documents, is available at the Klamath Falls Resource 
Area Office 2795 Anderson Ave. Building 25, Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603 
(541/883-6916).
    This notice is for information purposes only and is not appealable 
to the Interior Board of Land Appeals. The environmental assessment 
prepared for the disposal of these public lands evaluated disposal by 
sale or exchange. The decision of the Klamath Falls Area Manager, 
issued on May 13, 1994, was to dispose of the above, and other, public 
lands by exchange to the American Land Conservancy, with subsequent 
sale to the Thomas Lumber Company or direct sale to the American Land 
Conservancy. That decisions was protested and subsequently appealed to 
the Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals. The appeal was 
resolved by the appellants and the Bureau of Land Management agreeing 
to a settlement which removed 560 acres of public land from the 
proposed disposal.
A. Barron Bail,
Area Manager, Klamath Falls Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 97-26969 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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