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1601 et seq.), and the National Mining 

and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 

U.S.C. 21(a)). 

Michael J. Magyar, 

Associate Director, National Minerals 

Information Center. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVS00560 L58530000 EU0000 241A; 14– 

08807; MO #4500118045; TAS: 17X] 

Notice of Realty Action: Competitive 

Sale of 20 Parcels of Public Land in 

Clark County, NV; Termination of 

Recreation and Public Purposes 

Classification 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) proposes to offer 20 

parcels of public land totaling 87.5 acres 

in the Las Vegas Valley (Valley) by 

competitive sale, at not less than the 

appraised Fair Market Values (FMV) 

pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public 

Land Management Act of 1998 

(SNPLMA), as amended. The sale will 

be subject to the applicable provisions 

of Section 203 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 

(FLPMA) and BLM land sale 

regulations. The BLM is also 

terminating portions of the Recreation 

and Public Purposes (R&PP) 

Classification and Segregation of three 

parcels of land in Clark County. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the sale 

until August 23, 2018. The sale, by 

sealed bid and oral public auction, will 

occur on September 27, 2018, at City of 

North Las Vegas, Council Chambers, 

2250 Las Vegas Boulevard North, North 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89030 at 10:00 a.m., 

Pacific Time. The FMV for the parcels 

will be available 30 days prior to the 

sale. The BLM will start accepting 

sealed bids beginning September 17, 

2018. Sealed bids must be received at 

the BLM, Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) 

no later than 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time on 

September 24, 2018. 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: Joe 

Fields by email: jfields@blm.gov, or by 

telephone: 702–515–5194. For general 

information on previous BLM public 

land sales go to: https://www.blm.gov/ 

snplma. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS 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: Nineteen 

parcels are within Clark County 

jurisdiction and one parcel is within 

City of Las Vegas jurisdiction. Some of 

the parcels are located in the northwest 

part of the Valley near U.S. Highway 95 

and I–215 Beltway and some are located 

in the southwest part of the Valley. 

The subject public lands are legally 

described as: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

N–80692, 5.00 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 30, lot 22; 

N–80695, 5.00 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 30, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

N–80701, 5.00 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 30, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–80710, 5.00 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 31, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

N–95744, 5.00 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 59 E, 

Section 25, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–95745, 2.50 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 59 E, 

Section 25, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

N–95746, 5.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 9, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–95747, 5.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 9, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–95748, 5.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 9, W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–95749, 2.50 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 9, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–95750, 2.50 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 9, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

N–94200, 5.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 13, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

N–95751, 10.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 17, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

N–95752, 1.25 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 17, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

N–81950, 2.50 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 17, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

N–95753, 10.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 18, lot 36 and 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

N–79927, 5.00 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 60 E, 

Section 28, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

N–94549, 2.50 acres 

T. 22 S, R. 61 E, 

Section 29, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

N–95754, 2.50 acres 

T. 23 S, R. 61 E, 

Section 17, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

N–95755, 1.25 acres 

T. 19 S, R. 59 E, 

Section 24, S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The areas described contain 87.50 

acres. 

The BLM will also publish this Notice 

once a week for three consecutive weeks 

in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A sales 

matrix is available on the BLM website 

at: https://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 is available in the 

sales matrix and the appraisal reports no 

later than 30 days prior to the sale. 

The sale is in conformance with the 

BLM Las Vegas Resource Management 

Plan decision LD–1, approved on 

October 5, 1998. The Las Vegas Valley 

Disposal Boundary Environmental 

Impact Statement and Record of 

Decision issued on December 23, 2004 

analyzed the sale parcels. A parcelspecific Determination of National 

Environmental Policy Act Adequacy 

(DNA), document number DOI–BLM– 

NV–S010–2018–0023–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 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

any PII—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the BLM in your comment to withhold 

your PII from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Sale procedures: Registration for oral 

bidding will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pacific 

Time and will end at 10:00 a.m. Pacific 

Time at the City of North Las Vegas, 

Council Chambers, 2250 Las Vegas 

Boulevard North, North Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89030, on the day of the sale, 

September 27, 2018. 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 

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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, 20-parcel 

SNPLMA 2018 Fall Sale.’’ If multiple 

sealed bids are submitted, only the 

envelope that contains the bid guarantee 

needs to be noted with ‘‘bid guarantee.’’ 

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. If multiple sealed bids 

are submitted, the first sealed bid of the 

group must include the $10,000 bid 

guarantee with the same bidder name. 

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 

website at: https://www.blm.gov/ 

snplma. 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 amount by 3:30 p.m. 

Pacific Time 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 at the Bureau of Land 

Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 

4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89130 no later than 3:30 

p.m. Pacific Time on the day of the sale 

to the BLM Collection Officers. The 

BLM will send the successful bidder(s) 

a high-bidder letter with detailed 

information for full payment. 

All bid guarantee deposits submitted 

with unsuccessful bids will be returned 

to the bidders or their authorized 

representative upon presentation of 

acceptable photo identification at the 

sale location, 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 20 percent 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 $10,000.00 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 second 

highest bid may be considered to 

purchase the parcel. 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, 

instrumentality, or political subdivision 

authorized to hold property; or (4) an 

entity legally capable of conveying and 

holding lands or interests therein under 

the laws of the State of Nevada. 

Evidence of United States citizenship 

is a birth certificate, passport, or 

naturalization papers. The high bidder 

must submit proof of citizenship within 

25 days from receipt of the high-bidder 

letter. 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 of 

the Interior (Secretary) terminates the 

withdrawal or the lands are patented. 

Terms and Conditions: All minerals 

for the sale parcels will be reserved to 

the United States. The patents, when 

issued, will contain a mineral 

reservation to the United States for all 

minerals. 

In response to requests to clarify this 

mineral reservation as it relates to 

mineral materials, such as sand and 

gravel, we refer interested parties to the 

regulations 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 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). Further explanation is 

contained in BLM Instruction 

Memorandum No. 2014–085 (April 23, 

2014), available on BLM’s website at 

https://www.blm.gov/policy/im-2014- 

085. 

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 easements. 

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 minerals 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 

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States, together with all necessary 

access and exit rights; 

2. A ROW 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 one year or more, nor had any 

hazardous substances been disposed of 

or released on the subject property. 

No warranty of any kind, express 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. 

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. 

Pacific Time. 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. Pacific Time, 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 two weeks prior to the payment date. 

Failure to pay the full bid price within 

180 days of the sale date 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). There are no exceptions. 

The BLM can only accept the remainder 

of the full bid price up to 180 days after 

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), the BLM may accept or reject any 

or all offers to purchase, or withdraw 

any parcel of land or interest therein 

from sale within 30 days, 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 the offer to purchase 

and the full bid price is paid. 

Upon publication of this Notice and 

until completion of this sale, the BLM 

will no longer accept land use 

applications affecting the parcel 

identified for sale. However, land use 

applications may be considered after the 

sale if the parcel is not sold. 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, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific 

Time, 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 impact 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. 

Termination of R&PP Classification 

and Segregation: Additionally, portions 

of the following leases granted under 

the R&PP Act, (43 U.S.C 869 et seq.) 

have been relinquished: N–76692 (71 FR 

20724) and N–63292 (65 FR 14613). 

This Notice officially terminates the 

R&PP Classification and Segregation of 

the parcels located in Mount Diablo 

Meridian, T. 19 S, R. 59 E, section 24, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; section 25, 

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, but does not serve 

as an opening order because the parcels 

are within the disposal boundary set by 

Congress in SNPLMA. Section 4(c) of 

SNPLMA withdrew these parcels, 

subject to valid existing rights, from 

entry and appropriation under the 

public land laws, 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 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 Land. 

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