[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8600]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1430-01; N-59269]


Realty Action: Sale of Public Lands in Nye County, Nevada, by 
Noncompetitive Sale Procedures

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management; Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the District Manager, Battle Mountain 
Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, P.O. Box 1420, Battle Mountain, NV 
89820.

SUMMARY: The following described land in Nye County, Nevada, has been 
examined and identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale, at the 
appraised fair market value, under Section 203 and Section 209 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1713 and 1719).

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 7 S., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Comprising 5 acres, more or less.

    The lands will be sold to the adjacent land owner, John R. 
Wellborn. The lands are hereby classified for disposal in accordance 
with Executive Order 6910 and the Act of June 28, 1934, as amended. The 
land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Craggett, Realty Specialist, 
Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, at (702) 635-
4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land has been identified as suitable for 
disposal by the Esmeralda/Southern Nye Resource Management Plan. The 
land is not needed for any resource program and is not suitable for 
management by the Bureau or another Federal department or agency.
    The locatable and salable mineral estates have been determined to 
have no known value. Therefore, the mineral estate, excluding leasable 
minerals, will be conveyed simultaneously with the surface estate in 
accordance with section 209(b)(1) of Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976. Acceptance of the sale offer will constitute application 
for conveyance of the available mineral interests. The sale proponent 
will be required to submit a $50.00 nonrefundable filing fee for 
conveyance of the mineral interests specified above with the purchase 
price for the land. Failure to submit the nonrefundable fee for the 
mineral estate within the time frame specified by the authorized 
officer will result in cancellation of the sale.
    Upon publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the mining laws, but not the mineral leasing laws 
or disposals pursuant to Sections 203 and 209 of FLPMA. The segregation 
shall terminate upon issuance of a patent or other document of 
conveyance, upon publication in the Federal Register of a termination 
of segregation, or 270 days from date of this publication, whichever 
occurs first.
    The patent, when issued, will contain the following reservations to 
the United States:
1. A 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. Leasable minerals (43 CFR 2430.5(a));

    And will be subject to:
    1. Those rights for highway purposes granted to the Nevada 
Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, by right-of-
way Nev-042808, pursuant to the Act of August 27, 1958;
    2. Those rights for powerline purposes granted to Valley Electric 
Association, its successors or assigns, by right-of-way Nev-066116, 
pursuant to the Act of March 4, 1911; and
    3. All other valid existing rights.
    Should the sale proponent not purchase the parcel, the lands may 
remain for sale, over the counter, at the appraised fair market value, 
until the segregation terminates 270 days from publication of this 
Notice in the Federal Register. Interested parties may inquire about 
the parcel at the Bureau of Land Management, 50 Bastian Road, Battle 
Mountain, NV 89820, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Adverse comments submitted during the 45-day comment period will be 
evaluated by the State Director, who may sustain, vacate or modify this 
realty action and issue a final determination. In the absence of timely 
filed objections, this realty action will become a final determination 
of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: March 21, 1997.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-8600 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]
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