[Federal Register: June 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 118)] [Notices] [Page 33114-33115] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr21jn99-101] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [OR-015-1430-01: GP-9-0210] Realty Action; Lake County, Oregon AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District, Interior. ACTION: Competitive sale of public land in Lake County, Oregon, Serial Number (OR 54499). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following parcel of public land is suitable for competitive sale under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713, at no less than the appraised fair market value. The land will not be offered for sale for at least 60 days following the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal description Acreage Sale price Deposit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel Serial No., OR 54499 T.25S., R.18E., W.M., Oregon, Sec. 32: W\1/2\............ 320 $41,600.00 $4,160.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above described parcel of land is hereby classified for disposal pursuant to section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f and segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, but not from sale under the above cited statutes. The segregation will last for a period of 270 days from the date of publication, until title transfer is completed or the segregation is terminated by publication in the Federal Register, whichever occurs first. The land is not considered essential to the public land management base and is unsuitable for management by another Federal agency. No significant resource values will be affected by this disposal. The sale is consistent with Bureau planning for the land involved and will serve important public objectives. The sale parcel will be offered under competitive sale procedures as authorized under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976 and 43 CFR 2711.3-3. The land will be offered for competitive sale at 10 a.m. PST, on September 30, 1999 and will be by written bid only. Sealed written bids, delivered or mailed, must be received by the BLM, Lakeview Resource Area Office, 1300 South G Street, HC 10 Box 337, Lakeview, Oregon 97630, prior to 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999, and must be for not less than the appraised sale price indicated. Each written sealed bid must be accompanied by a certified check, postal money order, bank draft or cashier's check, made payable to the Department of the Interior-BLM for not less than the bid deposit specified in this notice and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked, in the lower left hand corner, ``Bid for Public Land Sale OR 54499, Lake County, Oregon, September 30, 1999.'' All written sealed bids received will be opened and the high bidder declared at the time of the sale. In the event of a tie, the tied bidders will be notified and given an opportunity to modify their original bids. The resulting bid off will determine the high bidder and the high bidder will be notified by certified mail. The high bidder is required to pay the total purchase price within 180 days of the date of sale or the bid deposit will be forfeited and the parcel reoffered to the public until sold or withdrawn from sale. The terms, conditions and reservations applicable to the sale are as follows: (1) Patent to the sale parcel will contain a reservation to the United States for ditches and canals. (2) The sale parcel will be subject to all valid existing rights of record at the time of patent issuance. (3) The mineral interests being offered for conveyance with sale parcel OR 54499 have no known value. A deposit or bid to purchase the parcel will also constitute an application for conveyance of the mineral estate with the following reservations; (a) Oil and gas and geothermal resources will be reserved to the United States. The above mineral reservations [[Page 33115]] are being made in accordance with Section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The successful bidder must include with the final payment a non-refundable $50.00 filing fee for conveyance of the mineral estate. Federal law requires that bidders 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. If the land identified in this notice is not sold on the date of first sale offering, the parcel will be available on an over-the- counter competitive sale basis at no less than the indicated sale price and subject to the above terms and conditions. Sealed bids will be accepted on the unsold parcel at the Lakeview Resource Area Office during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday) at the address shown above. All sealed bids received will be opened the first Wednesday of each subsequent month until the land is either sold or withdrawn from sale. Prospective buyers should inquire about parcel availability after September 30, 1999. Detailed information concerning the sale, including the reservations, sale procedures, terms and conditions, planning and environmental documentation, is available at the Lakeview Resource Area Office, 1300 South G Street, HC 10, Box 337, Lakeview, Oregon 97630. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the Lakeview Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, at the above address. Objections will be reviewed by the Lakeview District Manager who may sustain, vacate or modify this realty action. In the absence of any objections, this realty action will become the final determination of the Department of the Interior. Scott R. Florence, Manager, Lakeview Resource Area. [FR Doc. 99-15604 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-33-P