Noncompetitive Sale of Public Land in Kern County, California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-650-00-5440-B101, CACA-38678]

Noncompetitive Sale of Public Land in Kern County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain land has been examined and

identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale under section 203 of

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43

U.S.C. 1701, 1713). The land will be offered for sale 60 days after the

publication of this notice. The 40 acres of land is described as the

NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, section 10, T. 9 N., R. 13 W., San Bernardino Meridian,

Kern County, California.

The land has not been used for and is not required for any Federal

purpose. The Parcel is difficult and uneconomic to manage as public

land. Disposal would best serve the public interest. The disposal would

be consistent with the Bureau's planning recommendations as approved in

the California Desert Conservation Plan (1986), as amended.

All mineral interest will be offered for conveyance. The mineral

interest being offered have no known mineral value. Mr. Snavely has

applied for conveyance of those mineral interests offered under the

authority of section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1719(b)). The patent issued as

the result of the sale will be subject to all valid existing rights and

reservations of record and will contain a reservation to the United

States for a right-of-way for ditches and canals under the Act of

August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391, 43 U.S.C. 945); and

The patentee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the grantor

harmless from any costs, damages, claims, liabilities, and judgements

arising from past, present, and future, acts or omissions of the

patentee, its

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employees, agents, contractors, or lessees arising of or in connection

with, patentee's use, occupancy or operations on the patented real

property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes,

but is not limited to, acts and omissions of the patentee, its

employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, arising out of or in

connection with the use and/or occupancy on the patented real property

which has already resulted or does hereafter result in: (1) Violations

of federal, state, and local laws and regulations which are now or may

in the future become, applicable to the patented real property; (2)

Judgements, claims or demands assessed against the grantor; (3) Costs,

expenses, damages incurred by the United States; (4) Other releases or

threatened releases on or into land, property and other interests of

the grantor by solid waste and/or hazardous substance(s) as defined by

federal or state environmental laws; (5) Or other activities by which

solid or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by federal and

state environmental laws were generated, released, stored, used or

otherwise disposed on the patented real property, and any clean-up

response, natural resource damage or other actions related in any

manner to said solid or hazardous substances or wastes. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT CONTACT: Janet Eubanks,

Ridgecrest Realty Specialist at (909) 697-5376, located in the

California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA

92507. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this

notice, interested parties may submit comment. Any adverse comments

will be evaluated by the District Manager, who may vacate or modify

this realty action and issue a final determination. In the absence of

any action by the District Manager, this realty action will become the

final determination of the Department of the Interior Comments,

including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available

for public review at the above address during regular business hours

(8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to

withhold your name or street address from public review or from

disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying

themselves as representatives or officials or organizations or

businesses, will be made available for public inspection on in their

entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The publication of this notice in the

Federal Register will segregate the public lands described above to the

extent that they will not be subject to appropriation under the public

and laws, including the mining laws. This segregation will end upon

issuance of patent, or 270 days from the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: March 12, 1999.

Alan Stein,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 99-7126 Filed 3-23-99; 8:45 am]

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