50402 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 165 / Friday, August 26, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–910–05–0777XX] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra FrontNorthwestern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council, Northeastern Great 

Basin Resource Advisory Council, and 

Mojave-Southern Great Basin 

Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Combined resource advisory 

council meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Resource 

Advisory Council meeting will be held 

as indicated below.

DATES: The three councils will meet on 

Thursday, October 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and Friday, October 21, from 8 a.m. 

to 2 p.m., at the Elko Convention Center, 

700 Moren Way, Elko, Nevada 89801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

Simpson, Chief, Office of 

Communications, BLM Nevada State 

Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 

Nevada, telephone (775) 861–6586; or 

Debra Kolkman at telephone (775) 289–

1946.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-

member Councils advise the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), on a variety 

of planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Nevada. Agenda topics 

include a presentation and discussion of 

accomplishments during 2005 and the 

outlook for 2006 for the BLM in Nevada; 

opening remarks and closeout reports of 

the three Resource Advisory Councils 

(RACs); breakout meetings of each group 

category; breakout meetings of the three 

RACs; setting of schedules for meetings 

of the individual RACs for the coming 

year, and other issues members of the 

Councils may raise. A detailed agenda 

will be available at http://

www.nv.blm.gov or by calling (775) 289–

1946, after October 16, 2005. All 

meetings are open to the public. The 

public may present written comments to 

the three RAC groups or the individual 

RACs. The public comment period for 

the Council meeting will be at 3 p.m. on 

Thursday, October 20. Individuals who 

plan to attend and need further 

information about the meeting or need 

special assistance such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact Debra 

Kolkman at the BLM Nevada State 

Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 

Nevada, telephone (775) 289–1946.

Dated: August 22, 2005. 

Amy L. Lueders, 

Acting State Director, Nevada.

[FR Doc. 05–16987 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–930–5870–EU; N–75370, N–75371] 

Competitive Sale of Public Land and 

Partial Termination of Recreation and 

Public Purposes Act Classifications in 

Douglas County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is identifying for 

sale public land encompassing 206.25 

acres more or less in North Douglas 

County, NV, in accordance with 

competitive bidding procedures. The 

BLM is also terminating Recreation and 

Public Purpose Act classifications on 

this same land.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

October 11, 2005. Sealed bids must be 

received by BLM not later than 3 p.m. 

(PDT) October 20, 2005. The oral 

auction will be held at 10 a.m. (PDT) on 

October 27, 2005, with registration 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. (PDT).

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this 

competitive sale should be addressed to 

Donald T. Hicks, Manager, Carson City 

Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, 

Carson City, NV 89706. Sealed bids are 

to be sent following the instructions 

given later in this announcement to 

5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, 

NV 89706. The oral auction will be held 

at the Douglas County Administration 

Building, 1616 8th Street, Minden, 

Nevada 89423.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

Auction and Sealed Bid Terms and 

Conditions package containing complete 

instructions, sealed bid form, 

documents, maps, and other 

information on the land can be obtained 

by: (1) Calling the Public Land Sales 

Hotline at (775) 885–6111; (2) visiting 

the public reception desk at the Carson 

City Field Office from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday (except 

Federal Holidays), or (3) visiting the 

Web site at http://www.nv.blm.gov/

carson/lands_realty/landsales.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor 

Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and 

Executive Order No. 6910, the public 

lands described below are classified for 

disposal by sale. These public lands 

have been examined and found suitable 

for disposal by competitive sale 

pursuant to Section 203 and Section 209 

of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 

U.S.C. 1713 and 1719, respectively) and 

its implementing regulations, 43 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 2710 

and 2720 at not less than the appraised 

Fair Market Value (FMV) of each parcel, 

as determined by the authorized officer 

after appraisal. The land is identified for 

disposal in the Carson City 

Consolidated Resource Management 

Plan and the North Douglas Specific 

Area Plan Amendment. Proceeds from 

the sale will be deposited in the Federal 

Land Disposal Account for Nevada 

established in accordance with Section 

206(a) of the Federal Land Transaction 

Facilitation Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106–

248. Upon publication of this Notice the 

land described is hereby segregated 

from appropriation under the public 

land laws, including the mining laws, 

but not from disposal by sale under the 

above cited statutes, for 270 days from 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register, or until title transfer is 

completed, whichever occurs first. On 

April 16, 2002, this land was segregated 

from appropriation under the public 

land laws to consider an exchange 

proposal. This exchange segregation is 

hereby terminated and is replaced by 

the sale segregation in this Notice once 

published. Previous classifications for 

Recreation and Public Purposes under 

case numbers N–3742, N–3743 and N–

12656, as they affect the described land, 

are no longer appropriate and are hereby 

terminated. In addition, the subject land 

is relieved of the segregative effect of 

those classifications. 

Land Identified for Sale

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 14 N., R. 20 E. 

Parcel N–75370 

sec. 5, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

sec. 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 and 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

sec. 8, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

Comprising 106.25 acres, more or less. 

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Parcel N–75371 

sec. 5, E1⁄2E1⁄2 of Lot 1 of NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4E1⁄2 of lot 1 of NW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NW1⁄4E1⁄2 of lot 1 of NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4E1⁄2

of Lot 1 of NW1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2 of lot 1 of 

NW1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

Comprising 100 acres more or less.

Terms and Conditions

Conveyance of the available mineral 

interests will occur simultaneously with 

the sale of the land. The mineral 

interests being identified for sale have 

no known mineral value. A sale offer 

will constitute an application for 

conveyance of those mineral interests. 

In conjunction with the final payment, 

the applicant will be required to pay a 

$50.00 non-refundable filing fee for 

processing the conveyance of the 

mineral interests. Competitive sale of 

the land will be conducted by sealed bid 

and oral auction. The parcels will not be 

sold for less than their FMV. The FMV 

is $6,400,000 for N–75370 and 

$10,000,000 for N–75371. Each sealed 

bid shall be accompanied by money 

order, certified check, bank draft, or 

cashier’s check made payable to the 

Bureau of Land Management for not less 

than 20 percent of the bid amount. The 

official sealed bid form to be used is 

included in the Auction and Sealed Bid 

Terms and Conditions package. The 

highest qualified sealed bid received by 

BLM for each parcel will become the 

starting bid at the oral auction. If no 

sealed bids are received, oral bidding 

will begin at the FMV, as determined by 

the authorized officer. Bidders are to 

enclose their bid form and deposit in a 

regular size 10 white business envelope. 

Envelopes are to be addressed to the 

Bureau of Land Management, 5665 

Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 

89706. All bidders are to print their 

name and return address in the upper 

left-hand corner of the envelope, and 

write the BLM Serial Number (either N–

75370 and/or N–75371) for the parcel(s) 

for which they are bidding in the lower 

front left-hand corner of the envelope. If 

you are bidding on both parcels, you 

must submit a separate check for each 

property. Sealed bids may be mailed, 

hand delivered, or placed with an 

overnight delivery carrier. The oral 

auction begins at 10 a.m., PDT, October 

27, 2005, at the Douglas County 

Administration Building, 1616 8th 

Street, Minden, Nevada 89423. 

Registration for oral bidding will begin 

at 9:30 a.m., PDT, the day of sale. 

Prior to receiving a bidder number on 

the day of the sale, individuals must 

present a valid State Driver’s License or 

valid Photo Identification Card, and a 

money order, certified check, bank draft, 

or cashier’s check made payable to the 

Bureau of Land Management in the 

amount of $10,000. 

The highest qualifying bid, whether 

by sealed or oral bid, will be declared 

the high bid. If the apparent high bidder 

is by oral auction the bidder must 

submit a $10,000 check at the auction 

site. The remainder of the 20 percent of 

the amount bid must be submitted to 

BLM at the Carson City Field Office not 

later than 3 p.m. (PDT) on the date of 

the sale in the form of a money order, 

certified check, bank draft, or cashier’s 

check made payable to the Bureau of 

Land Management. The remainder of 

the full bid price, whether sealed or 

oral, must be paid within 180 calendar 

days of the sale date in the form of a 

money order, certified check, bank draft, 

cashier’s check or by Electronic Funds 

Transfer. Failure to submit sufficient 

funds for the bid deposit or failure to 

pay the full price within the 180 days 

will disqualify the apparent high bidder 

and cause the entire bid deposit to be 

forfeited to the BLM. 

Federal law requires bidders to be 

U.S. citizens 18 years of age or older; a 

corporation subject to the laws of any 

State or of the United States; a State, 

State instrumentality, or political 

subdivision authorized to hold property; 

or an entity including, but not limited 

to, associations or partnerships capable 

of holding property or interests therein 

under the law of the State of Nevada. 

Certification of qualification, including 

citizenship or corporation or 

partnership, must accompany the bid 

deposit. The BLM may not issue a 

patent or deed to a person other than the 

declared successful bidder and qualified 

conveyee or patentee in a disposal 

action. An appraisal report has been 

prepared by a certified appraiser to 

establish the FMV of the parcels. In 

order to determine the FMV of the 

subject public land through appraisal, 

certain assumptions have been made of 

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 Bureau of Land Management 

gives notice that these assumptions may 

not be endorsed or approved by units of 

local government. Furthermore, no 

warranty of any kind shall be given or 

implied by the United States as to the 

potential uses of the land identified for 

sale, and conveyance of the subject land 

will not be on a contingency basis. It is 

the buyer’s responsibility to be aware of 

all applicable local government policies 

and regulations that would affect the 

subject land. It is also the buyer’s 

responsibility to be aware of existing or 

projected use of nearby properties. 

When conveyed out of Federal 

ownership, the land will be subject to 

any applicable reviews and approvals 

by the respective unit of local 

government for proposed future uses, 

and any such reviews and approvals 

will be the responsibility of the buyer. 

Detailed information concerning the 

property, including encumbrances, 

reservations, planning and 

environmental documents, is available 

for review at the Bureau of Land 

Management, Carson City Office, 5665 

Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 

89701 by calling (775) 885–6115. For a 

period of 45 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the general public and 

interested parties may submit 

comments. Any comments are to be in 

letter format citing specific reasons for 

your objection and are to be addressed 

and mailed to Donald T. Hicks, 

Manager, Carson City Field Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, 5665 

Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 

89701. Facsimiles, telephone calls, and 

e-mails are unacceptable means of 

notification. Any adverse comments 

will be reviewed by the State Director, 

who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 

realty action in whole or in part. In the 

absence of any adverse comments, this 

realty action will become the final 

determination of the Bureau of Land 

Management. The Bureau of Land 

Management may accept or reject any or 

all offers, or withdraw any land or 

interest in the land from sale, if, in the 

opinion of the authorized officer, 

consummation of the sale would not be 

fully consistent with FLPMA or other 

applicable laws or is determined to not 

be in the public interest. Any comments 

received during this process, as well as 

the commentator’s name and address, 

will be available to the public in the 

administrative record and/or pursuant 

to a Freedom of Information Act request. 

You may indicate for the record that you 

do not wish your name and/or address 

be made available to the public. Any 

determination by the Bureau of Land 

Management to release or withhold the 

names and/or addresses of those who 

comment will be made on a case-by-case 

basis. A commentator’s request to have 

his or her name and/or address 

withheld from public release will be 

honored to the extent permissible by 

law. 

Sealed bids may not be submitted for 

the above-described lands until at least 

October 25, 2005. Patent (title 

document) will be issued with a 

reservation for a right-of-way for ditches 

and canals constructed by the authority 

of the United States under the Act of 

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August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945) and 

will be subject to valid existing rights 

and the following encumbrances of 

record: 

Parcel N–75370

(1) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–353 under the Act of 

March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1253; 43 U.S.C. 

961). 

(2) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–31119 under the Act 

of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2776; 43 

U.S.C. 1761). 

(3) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–32152 under the Act 

of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2776; 43 

U.S.C. 1761). 

(4) Those rights for access purposes 

which have been granted to Ranchos 

Community Church by Right-of-Way N–

39139 under the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

(5) Those rights for access road, water, 

and sewer purposes and as amended to 

include road improvements, and 

additional buried utility lines and 

related structures along North Sunridge 

Drive, which have been granted to 

Douglas County by Right-of-Way N–

56768 by the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761), 

(6) Those rights for natural gas 

pipeline purposes which have been 

granted to Southwest Gas Corporation 

by Right-of-Way N–58973 pursuant to 

Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920 as amended (30 U.S.C. 185). 

(7) Those rights for emergency access 

road purposes which have been granted 

to Douglas County by Right-of-Way N–

59346 by the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

(8) Those rights for natural gas 

pipeline purposes which have been 

granted to Southwest Gas Corporation 

by Right-of-Way N–59816 pursuant to 

Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920 as amended (30 U.S.C. 185). 

(9) Those rights for water and sewer 

purposes which have been granted to 

Douglas County by Right-of-Way N–

74267 by the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

(10) Those rights for buried 612 volt 

electrical vault and buried 25kV 

distribution line which have been 

granted to Sierra Pacific Power 

Company by Right-of-Way N–76532 

under the Act of October 21, 1976 (90 

Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

(11) Those rights to Douglas County 

for realignment of Topsy Lane, 

improvement of Center Drive, access to 

the sewer line, a domestic water well 

and water main, detention basin, 

sanitary sewer line and lift station, 

water lines and other buried utility lines 

(excluding gas) by Right-of-Way N–

78552 under the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

Parcel N–75371 

(1) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–353 under the Act of 

March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1253; 43 U.S.C. 

961). 

(2) Those rights for electric line 

purposes which have been granted to 

Sierra Pacific Power Company by Rightof-Way N–7836 under the Act of March 

4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1253; 43 U.S.C. 961). 

(3) Those rights for a buried natural 

gas pipeline which have been granted to 

Piaute Pipeline Company by Right-ofWay N–17001 under Section 28 of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

185). 

(4) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–31119 under the Act 

of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2776; 43 

U.S.C. 1761). 

(5) Those rights for buried 

communication purposes which have 

been granted to Verizon California, Inc. 

by Right-of-Way N–32152 under the Act 

of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2776; 43 

U.S.C. 1761). 

(6) Those rights to Douglas County for 

realignment of Topsy Lane, 

improvement of Center Drive, access to 

the sewer line, a domestic water well 

and water main, detention basin, 

sanitary sewer line and lift station, 

water lines and other buried utility lines 

(excluding gas) by Right-of-Way N–

78552 under the Act of October 21, 1976 

(90 Stat. 2776; 43 U.S.C. 1761). 

The purchaser/patentee, by accepting 

a patent, agrees 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 or 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 or omissions of the patentee or 

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 which have 

already resulted or hereafter result in: 

(1) Violations of Federal, state, and local 

laws and regulations that are now, or 

may in the future become, applicable to 

the real property; (2) Judgments, claims 

or demands of any kind assessed against 

the United States; (3) Costs, expenses, or 

damages of any kind incurred by the 

United States; (4) 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; (5) Other activities 

by which solid or hazardous substances 

or wastes, 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 (6) 

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.

Dated: July 12, 2005. 

Donald T. Hicks, 

Manager, Carson City Field Office.

[FR Doc. 05–16870 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–956–05–1420–BJ] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey described 

below are scheduled to be officially 

filed in the Arizona State Office, Bureau 

of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona, 

(30) thirty calendar days from the date 

of this publication.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gila 

and Salt River Meridian, Arizona: 

The plat representing a metes-andbounds survey in section 36, Township 

15 North, Range 5 East, accepted August 

8, 2005, and officially filed August 18, 

2005, for Group 917 Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the National Park Service. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the south and 

west boundaries and a portions of the