[Federal Register: February 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 37)]
[Notices]               
[Page 9347]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-62599]

 
Notice of Realty Action; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following land in Elko County, Nevada has been examined 
and identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale, including the 
mineral estate of no more than nominal value, excluding oil and gas, 
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) at 
no less than fair market value:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 33 N., R. 52 E.,
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Comprising 60.00 acres, more or less.

    The above described land is being offered as a direct sale to 
the City of Carlin, Nevada. 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: Detailed information concerning this 
action is available for review at the Bureau of Land Management, Elko 
Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land has been identified as suitable for 
disposal by the Elko 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 land is 
prospectively valuable for oil and gas. Therefore, the mineral estate, 
excluding oil and gas, will be conveyed simultaneously with the sale of 
the surface estate. Acceptance of the sale offer will constitute an 
application to purchase the mineral estate having no more than nominal 
value, excluding oil and gas. A non-refundable fee of $50.00 will be 
required with the purchase money. Failure to submit the purchase money 
and the non-refundable filing 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 of Realty Action 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 Notice of Termination of Segregation, or 270 days from date of 
this publication, which ever occurs first.
    The patent, when issued, will contain the following reservations to 
the United States:
    1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890, (43 U.S.C. 
945).
    2. Oil and gas. A more detailed description of this reservation, 
which will be included in the patent document, is available for review 
at the Elko Field Office.
    The patent will also be subject to: those rights granted to Wells 
Rural Electric Company, its successors, or assigns, as a holder of a 
right-of-way grant for a power line and substation, those rights 
granted to Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada, its 
successors, or assigns, as a holder of a right-of-way grant for a 
telephone line, and those rights granted to Sierra Pacific Power 
Company, its successors, or assigns, as a holder of a right-of-way 
grant for an power line.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register, interested parties may submit comments to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Elko Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 
89801. Any adverse comments 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: February 18, 1999
David L. Stout,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-4701 Filed 2-24-99; 8:45 am]
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