[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16811-16812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7017]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCAC09000.L58790000.EU0000. CACA 50168]
Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of Public Lands in Santa
Clara County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hollister Field Office,
proposes to sell three separate parcels of public land totaling
approximately 212.67 acres in Santa Clara County, California. The
public lands would be sold to the Santa Clara County Open Space
Authority for the appraised fair market value. The total appraised
value of all three parcels is $395,000.
DATES: Comments regarding the proposed sale must be received by the BLM
on or before May 9, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning the proposed sale should be sent
to the Field Manager, BLM, Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton Court,
Hollister, California 95023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Sloand, Realty Specialist,
BLM, Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, California
95023, or phone (831) 630-5022.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following 3 parcels of public land are
proposed for direct sale to the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority
(Authority) in accordance with Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended (43 U.S.C. 1713
and 1719).
The parcels are described as follows:
Mount Diablo Meridian
Parcel No. 1,
T. 10S., R. 1E.,
Sec. 3, lot 1.
The area described contains 123.60 acres in Santa Clara County.
The parcel has an appraised fair market value of $80,000.
Parcel No. 2,
T. 10S., R. 2E.,
Sec. 5, lot 2.
The area described contains 23.42 acres in Santa Clara County.
The parcel has an appraised fair market value of $135,000.
Parcel No. 3,
T. 10S., R. 2E.,
Sec. 6, lots 3, 4, and 6.
The area described contains 65.65 acres in Santa Clara County.
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The parcel has an appraised fair market value of $180,000.
The public lands were first identified as suitable for disposal in
the 1984 BLM Hollister Resource Management Plan (RMP) and remain
available for sale under the 2007 Hollister RMP revision. The lands are
not needed for any other Federal purpose, and their disposal would be
in the public interest. The lands are difficult and uneconomic to
manage as part of the public lands because they lack legal access, and
are small parcels, isolated from other public lands. The BLM is
proposing a direct sale to the Authority because the lands lack legal
access and the Authority wishes to purchase the lands to preserve them
as open space. The BLM has concluded the public interest would be best
served by a direct sale. The BLM has completed a mineral potential
report which concluded there are no known mineral values in the lands
proposed for sale. The BLM proposes that conveyance of the Federal
mineral interests would occur simultaneously with the sale of the
lands.
On March 25, 2011, the above described lands will be segregated
from appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining
laws, except for the sale provisions of the FLPMA. Until completion of
the sale, the BLM will no longer accept land use applications affecting
the identified public lands, except application for the amendment of
previously filed right-of-way applications or existing authorizations
to increase the term of the grants in accordance with 43 CFR 2802.15
and 2886.15. The segregation will terminate upon issuance of a patent,
publication in the Federal Register of a termination of the
segregation, or on March 25, 2013, unless extended by the BLM State
Director in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1-2(d) prior to the termination
date. The lands would not be sold until at least May 24, 2011. The
Authority would be required to pay a $50 nonrefundable filing fee for
conveyance of the mineral interests and the associated administrative
costs. Any patent issued would contain the following terms, conditions,
and reservations:
1. A reservation of a right-of-way to the United States for ditches
and canals constructed by authority of the United States under the Act
of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C 945);
2. A condition that the conveyance be subject to all valid existing
rights of record;
3. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United
States from claims arising out of the patentee's use, occupancy, or
operations on the patented lands;
4. Additional terms and conditions that the authorized officer
deems appropriate.
Detailed information concerning the proposed sale including the
appraisal, planning and environmental documents, and mineral report are
available for review at the location identified in ADDRESSES above.
Public Comments regarding the proposed sale may be submitted in
writing to the attention of the BLM Hollister Field Manager (see
ADDRESSES above) on or before May 9, 2011. Comments received in
electronic form, such as e-mail, will not be considered. Any adverse
comments regarding the proposed sale will be reviewed by the BLM State
Director or other authorized official of the Department of the
Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action in
whole or in part. In the absence of timely filed objections, this
realty action will become the final determination of the Department of
the Interior. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be
advised 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 from public review your personal
identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do
so.
Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1-2(a) and (c).
Tom Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director for Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 2011-7017 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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