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applications. The applicants anticipate 

American burying-beetle take as a result 

of impacts to Oklahoma habitat the 

species uses for breeding, feeding, and 

sheltering. The take would be incidental 

to the applicants’ activities associated 

with oil and gas well field and pipeline 

infrastructure (gathering, transmission, 

and distribution), including geophysical 

exploration (seismic), construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, 

decommissioning, and reclamation. If 

approved, the permits would be issued 

under the approved American Burying 

Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry 

Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered 

Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit 

Issuance in Oklahoma. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

September 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

all documents and submit comments on 

the applicants’ ITP applications by one 

of the following methods. Please refer to 

the proposed permit number when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. 

• Email: fw2_hcp_permits@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Endangered Species—HCP 

Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6093, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. 

mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Environmental Review Division, P.O. 

Box 1306, Room 6078, Albuquerque, 

NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– 

6651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on ITP 

applications to take the Federally-listed 

American burying-beetle (Nicrophorus 

americanus) during oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

If approved, the permits would be 

issued to the applicants under the 

American Burying Beetle Amended Oil 

and Gas Industry Conservation Plan 

(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 

10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in 

Oklahoma. The original ICP was 

approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no 

significant impact’’ finding notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft 

amended ICP was made available for 

comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 

12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. 

The ICP and the associated 

environmental assessment/finding of no 

significant impact are available on our 

website at http://www.fws.gov/ 

southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. 

However, we are no longer taking 

comments on these finalized, approved 

documents. 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, state, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies, and the public to 

comment on the following applications 

under the ICP, for incidentally taking 

the Federally-listed American buryingbeetle. Please refer to the appropriate 

proposed permit number (TE84779C, 

TE84778C, or TE84781C) when 

requesting application documents and 

when submitting comments. Documents 

and other information the applicants 

have submitted are available for review, 

subject to Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

and Freedom of Information Act (5 

U.S.C. 552) requirements. 

Permit TE84779C 

Applicant: Midship Pipeline Company, 

LLC, Houston, TX. 

Applicant requests a permit for oil 

and gas upstream and midstream 

production, including oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

Permit TE84778C 

Applicant: Blue Water Resources, LLC, 

Tulsa, OK. 

Applicant requests a permit for oil 

and gas upstream and midstream 

production, including oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

Permit TE84781C 

Applicant: VM ARKOMA Stack, LLC, 

Oklahoma City, OK. 

Applicant requests a permit for oil 

and gas upstream and midstream 

production, including oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the public record associated with 

this action. 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 your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can request in your comment that 

we withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under the 

ESA, section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

(50 CFR 17.22) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: May 14, 2018. 

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVL03000 L58480000.EU0000 241A; 14– 

08807; MO #4500116369; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Realty Action: Competitive 

Sale of Nine Parcels of Public Land in 

Lincoln County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) proposes to offer by 

competitive sale 9 parcels of public land 

totaling 296.09 acres in Lincoln County, 

Nevada, pursuant to the Lincoln County 


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Conservation, Recreation, and 

Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA). 

BLM cannot sell land at less than Fair 

Market Value (FMV), as determined by 

a current appraisal, reviewed and 

approved by Department of Interior 

Appraisal Valuation and Services 

Office. For competitive bidding, the 

FMV will determine the beginning point 

for oral bidding on each parcel. The sale 

will be subject to the applicable 

provision of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 

and BLM land sale regulations. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

written comments to the BLM Caliente 

Field Office at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. The BLM must 

receive the comments on or before 

September 28, 2018. The sale, by sealed 

bid and oral public auction, will be held 

on October 23, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., 

Pacific Time, at The Caliente Railroad 

Depot at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. The BLM will start 

accepting sealed bids beginning October 

9, 2018. Sealed bids must be received at 

the BLM, Caliente Field Office no later 

than 4:30 p.m., Pacific Time on October 

15, 2018. The BLM will open sealed 

bids on the day of the sale, just prior to 

the oral bidding. 

ADDRESSES: 

• Mail written comments, submit 

sealed bids and obtain forms at: 

Caliente Field Office, 1400 South Front 

Street, Caliente, Nevada 89008. 

• Certificate of Eligibility forms are 

also available at the BLM website at: 

https://www.blm.gov/documents/ 

nevada/frequently-requested/data/ 

certificate-eligibility. 

• Registration forms are also 

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

services/electronic-forms. 

• Sale Location: Caliente Railroad 

Depot, 100 Depot Avenue, Caliente, NV 

89008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Grande, Realty Specialist, Ely 

District Office, 702 North Industrial 

Way, Ely, Nevada 89301 or by telephone 

at 775–289–1809 or by email at 

sgrande@blm.gov; or Chris Carlton, 

Field Manager, Caliente Field Office, at 

775–726–8100 or by email at ccarlton@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact 

the above individuals during normal 

business hours. The Service 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 

will conduct a Competitive Sale for nine 

parcels of public land located in Lincoln 

County, Nevada, described as follows: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

Parcel in Alamo, NV 

N–90795, 38.77 acres: 

T. 6 S., R. 61 E., 

Sec. 29, lot 10. 

Parcels in Caliente, NV 

N–92816, 80.00 acres: 

T. 3 S., R. 67 E., 

Sec. 29, N1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

N–95799, 40.00 acres: 

T. 3 S., R. 67 E., 

Sec. 28, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

Parcels in Panaca, NV 

N–90794, 20.00 acres: 

T. 2 S., R. 68 E., 

Sec. 10, S1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

N–95800, 10.00 acres: 

T. 2 S., R. 68 E., 

Sec. 9, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

N–95801, 40.00 acres: 

T. 2 S., R. 68 E., 

Sec. 9, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

Parcels in Pioche, NV 

N–90796, 7.32 acres: 

T. 1 N., R. 67 E., 

Sec. 22, lots 2 and 4. 

N–95805, 40.00 acres: 

T. 1 N., R. 67 E., 

Sec. 11, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

N–95806, 20.00 acres: 

T. 1 N., R. 67 E., 

Sec. 11, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

Upon publication of this Notice in the 

Federal Register, the described land 

will be segregated from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, except for the sale provisions of 

FLPMA. Upon publication and until 

completion of the sale, the BLM will no 

longer accept land use applications 

affecting the identified public lands, 

except applications for the amendment 

of previously filed right-of-way (ROW) 

applications or existing authorizations 

to increase the term of the grants in 

accordance with 43 CFR 2807.15 and 

2886.15. The segregated effect will 

terminate upon issuance of a patent, 

publication in the Federal Register of a 

termination of the segregation, or on 

August 14, 2020, unless extended by the 

BLM Nevada State Director in 

accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1–2(d) 

prior to the termination date. 

These tracts of public land meet the 

disposal criteria consistent with Section 

203 of FLPMA and the BLM Ely District 

Record of Decision and Approved 

Resource Management Plan (ROD/RMP) 

dated August 20, 2008. The parcels are 

suitable for disposal and disposal would 

be in compliance with the LCCRDA, 

enacted on November 30, 2004, and 

conform to the ROD/RMP as referenced 

in the Lands and Realty objectives LR– 

8, page 66; and Appendix B, page B–1. 

An Environmental Assessment NV– 

L030–2015–0026 was prepared and a 

Decision Record was signed on July 21, 

2017. All documents including a map 

and the summary of appraisals for the 

sale are available for review at the BLM 

Caliente Field Office. 

FLPMA Section 209, 43 U.S.C. 

1719(a), states that ‘‘all conveyances of 

title issued by the Secretary . . . shall 

reserve to the United States all minerals 

in the lands.’’ The BLM prepared a 

mineral potential report dated July 14, 

2015. Based on that report, BLM 

concluded that no significant mineral 

resource value will be affected by the 

disposal of these parcels. These parcels 

are not required for any Federal 

purposes, and their disposal is in the 

public interest and meets the intent of 

the LCCRDA. 

Both LCCRDA and FLPMA express a 

preference that disposal of public lands 

take place through a competitive 

bidding process. In accordance with 43 

CFR 2710.0–6(c)(3)(i), a competitive sale 

of public land may be used where 

‘‘there would be a number of interested 

parties bidding for the lands and (A) 

wherever in the judgment of the 

authorized officer the lands are 

accessible and usable regardless of 

adjoining land ownership and (B) 

wherever the lands are within a 

developing or urbanizing area and land 

values are increasing due to their 

location and interest on the competitive 

market.’’ The BLM examined the parcels 

and found them to be consistent with 

and suitable for disposal using 

competitive sale procedures. 

Competitive Sale Procedures as 

prescribed by 43 CFR 2711.3–1: 

Sale Procedures: Registration for oral 

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

Time at The Caliente Railroad Depot, 

100 Depot Avenue, Council Chambers 

Room, Caliente, NV 89008, on the day 

of the sale. There will be no prior 

registration before the sale date. The 

public sale auction will be through 

sealed and oral bids. To determine the 

high bids among the qualified bids 

received, the sealed bids must be 

received at the place of the sale prior to 

the hour fixed in the notice. They will 

be opened and recorded on the day of 

the sale. The highest bid above FMV of 

the sealed bids 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 


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sale, for example: ‘‘N–XXXXX, 9-parcel 

LCCRDA Land Sale 2018.’’ Sealed bids 

must include an amount not less than 

20 percent of the total bid amount by 

certified check, bank draft, cashier’s 

check, or United States postal money 

order made payable in United States 

dollars to the ‘‘Department of the 

Interior—Bureau of Land Management.’’ 

The BLM will not accept personal or 

company checks. The sealed-bid 

envelope must contain the deposit 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. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 2711.3–1(c), if 

two or more sealed-bid envelopes 

contain valid bids of the same amount, 

the bidders will be notified via phone or 

in person to submit another bid within 

ten minutes or to withdraw their 

original bid. Oral bidding will start at 

the highest 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 

qualify. 

The highest qualifying sealed bid will 

be publicly declared in accordance with 

43 CFR 2711.3–1(d). Acceptance or 

rejection of any offer(s) to purchase will 

be in accordance with the procedures 

set forth in 43 CFR 2711.3–1 (f) and (g). 

Bid Deposits and Payment 

BLM’s authorized officer will declare 

a high bidder. In accordance with 43 

CFR 2711.3–1(d), if the declared highest 

bid was an oral bid, then the bidder 

shall submit their bid deposit in the 

form of a bank draft, cashier’s check, 

certified check, or U.S. postal money 

order, or any combination thereof, and 

made payable in United States dollars to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau 

of Land Management.’’ The high bidder 

shall submit a deposit of no less than 20 

percent of the successful bid by 4:00 

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

to the BLM, Collections Officers at the 

BLM, Caliente Field Office, at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

The person declared to have entered the 

highest qualifying bid shall submit 

payment by cash, personal check, bank 

draft, money order, or any combination 

for not less than one-fifth (20%) of the 

amount of the bid immediately 

following the close of the sale. 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. All funds 

submitted with unsuccessful bids will 

be returned to the bidders or their 

authorized representative upon 

presentation of acceptable photo 

identification at the BLM Caliente Field 

Office or by certified mail. 

In accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3– 

1(d), ‘‘The successful bidder . . . shall 

submit the remainder of the full bid 

price prior to the expiration of 180 days 

from the date of the sale.’’ Failure to pay 

the full purchase price within 180 days 

of the sale will result in forfeiture of the 

bid deposit. No exceptions will be 

made. The BLM cannot accept the 

remainder of the bid price at any time 

following the 180th day after the sale. 

Arrangements for electronic fund 

transfer to the BLM shall be made a 

minimum of two weeks prior to final 

payment. Failure to meet conditions 

established for this sale will void the 

sale and any funds received will be 

forfeited. 

In order to qualify for a federal 

conveyance of title, as set forth in 43 

CFR 2711.2, the conveyee 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 interests therein under the laws of the 

State of Nevada. 

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. 

The public land will not be offered for 

sale prior to 60 days from the date this 

Notice is published in the Federal 

Register. The patents, if issued, would 

be subject to the following terms, 

conditions, and reservations: 

1. A reservation for any right-of-way 

thereon for ditches or canals 

constructed by the authority of the 

United States, Act of August 30, 1890 

(43 U.S.C. 945); 

2. A reservation for all mineral 

deposits in the land so patented, 

together with the right to prospect for, 

mine, or remove such deposits from the 

same under applicable law and such 

regulations as the Secretary of the 

Interior may prescribe shall be reserved 

to the United States; 

3. The parcels are subject to valid 

existing rights; and 

4. By accepting this patent, the 

purchasers/patentees agree to 

indemnify, defend, and hold the United 

States harmless from any costs, 

damages, claims, causes of action, 

penalties, fines, liabilities, and 

judgments of any kind or nature arising 

from the past, present, and future acts 

or omissions of the patentee, its 

employees, agents, contractors, or 

lessees, or any third-party, arising out of 

or in connection with the patentee’s use, 

occupancy, or operations on the 

patented real property. This 

indemnification and hold harmless 

agreement includes, but is not limited 

to, acts and omissions of the patentee, 

its employees, agents, contractors, or 

lessees, or any third party, arising out of 

or in connection with the use and/or 

occupancy of the patented real property 

resulting in: (a) Violations of federal, 

state, and local laws and regulations 

that are now or may in the future 

become applicable to the real property; 

(b) Judgments, claims or demands of any 

kind assessed against the United States; 

(c) Costs, expenses, or damages of any 

kind incurred by the United States; (d) 

Releases or threatened releases of solid 

or hazardous waste(s) and/or hazardous 

substances(s), as defined by Federal or 

state environmental laws, off, on, into or 

under land, property and other interests 

of the United States; (e) Other activities 

by which solid waste or hazardous 

substances or waste, as defined by 

Federal and state environmental laws 

are generated, released, stored, used or 

otherwise disposed of on the patented 

real property, and any cleanup 

response, remedial action or other 

actions related in any manner to said 

solid or hazardous substances or wastes; 

or (f) Natural resource damages as 

defined by Federal and state law. This 

covenant shall be construed as running 

with the patented real property, and 

may be enforced by the United States in 

a court of competent jurisdiction. 

No representation, warranty, or 

covenant of any kind, express or 

implied, is given or made by the United 

States, its officers or employees, as to 

title, access to or from the above 

described parcels of land, the title of the 

land, whether or to what extent the land 

may be developed, its physical 

condition, or past, present or future 

uses, and the conveyance of any such 

parcel will not be on a contingency 

basis. The buyer is responsible to be 


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aware of all applicable Federal, state, 

and local government policies and 

regulations that would affect the subject 

lands. It is also the buyer’s 

responsibility to be aware of existing or 

prospective uses of nearby properties. 

Lands without access from a public road 

or highway will be conveyed as such, 

and future access acquisition will be the 

responsibility of the buyer. 

The parcels 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. Encumbrances of 

record, appearing in the case file are 

available for review during business 

hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pacific 

Time, Monday through Friday at the 

BLM Caliente Field Office, except 

during Federally-recognized holidays. 

The parcels are subject to limitations 

prescribed by law and regulation, and 

prior to patent issuance, a holder of any 

ROW within the parcels will be given 

the opportunity to amend the ROW for 

conversion to a new term, including 

perpetuity, if applicable, or to an 

easement. 

The BLM will notify valid existing 

ROW holders of their ability to convert 

their compliant ROW to perpetual ROW 

or easements. Each valid holder will be 

notified in writing of their rights and 

then must apply for the conversion of 

their current authorization. 

Unless other satisfactory 

arrangements are approved in advance 

by a BLM authorized officer, 

conveyance of title shall be through the 

use of escrow. Designation of the escrow 

agent shall be through mutual 

agreement between the BLM and the 

prospective patentee, and costs of 

escrow shall be borne by the prospective 

patentee. 

Requests for all escrow instructions 

must be received by the BLM Caliente 

Field Office 30 days before the 

scheduled closing date. There are no 

exceptions. 

All name changes and supporting 

documentation must be received at the 

BLM Caliente Field Office 30 days from 

the date of the high bidder letter by 4:00 

p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Name 

changes will not be accepted after that 

date. To submit a name change, the high 

bidder must submit the name change on 

the Certificate of Eligibility form to the 

BLM, Caliente Field Office in writing. 

Certificate of Eligibility forms are 

available at the Caliente Field Office 

and at the BLM website listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

The BLM will not sign any documents 

related to 1031 Exchange transactions. 

The timing for completion of the 

exchange is the bidder’s responsibility 

in accordance with Internal Revenue 

Service regulations. The BLM is not a 

party to any 1031 Exchange. 

In order to determine the FMV 

through appraisal, certain extraordinary 

assumptions and hypothetical 

conditions are made concerning the 

attributes and limitations of the land 

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. 

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, if, in the opinion of the BLM 

authorized officer, consummation of the 

sale would be inconsistent with any 

law, or for other reasons. 

In order for your comment to be 

considered properly filed, it must be in 

writing and submitted by postal service 

or overnight mail, to the Field Manager, 

BLM Caliente Field Office. 

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 your 

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. 

Any adverse comments 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 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. 

Chris Carlton, 

Caliente Field Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[13X.LLAZP02000.L71220000.EU0

000.LVTFA1358690.241A; AZA–33050] 

Notice of Realty Action: Proposed 

Non-Competitive (Direct) Sale of Public 

Land in Gila County, AZ 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is proposing a noncompetitive (direct) sale of 16.87 acres 

of public land in Gila County, Arizona, 

to Mrs. Barbara Lubich. The sale would 

take place under the provisions of 

Sections 203 of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), at no less than the 

appraised fair market value. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the 

proposed direct sale on or before 

September 28, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send public comments to 

Edward J. Kender, Field Manager, BLM 

Lower Sonoran Field Office, 21605 

North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027. 

The BLM will not consider comments 

received in electronic form, such as 

email or facsimile. Detailed information 

concerning the proposed land sale, 

including an appraisal, a mineral report, 

and planning and environmental 

documents, are available for review at 

the BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office or 

by calling 623–580–5500 during normal 

business hours of 7:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except for 

Federal holidays. An Environmental 

Assessment that analyzes the impact 

from the proposed direct land sale is 

available on the BLM’s ePlanning 

website at https://go.usa.gov/xQT2Z. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

Ann Goodlow, Realty Specialist, at the 

above address; phone: 623–580–5548; or 

by email at jgoodlow@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

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. Replies will be made 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is considering a direct sale for the 

following parcel subject to the 

applicable provisions of Sections 203 of 

FLPMA, and 43 CFR parts 2711: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 1 N, R. 14 E, 

Sec. 36, lot 16. 

Containing 16.87 acres, more or less. 

The BLM is proposing a noncompetitive (direct) sale of 

approximately 16.87 acres of public 

lands, which will resolve an 

unauthorized occupancy on public 

lands predating mining regulations. The 

parcel proposed for sale is the smallest 

size possible to resolve the 

unauthorized occupancy. The BLM 


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