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Show duction under the lease, except ex-cept that as to any by -product which is a mineral named in Section 1 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30U.S.C. 181), the royalty for such mineral shall be the same as provided in that Act; (c) 5 percent of the value of commercially com-mercially demineralized water sold or utilized by the lessee, except that no payment pay-ment of royalty will be required re-quired on such water used in plant operations for cooling or in the generation of electric elec-tric energy or otherwise. Annual rental for the first through the fifth years of the lease will be at the rate of $2 per acre or fraction thereof; for the sixth lease year, and for each year thereafter prior to production, produc-tion, the rental will be the amount of the rental for the preceding year, plus an additional ad-ditional $1 per acre. The lands are offered in leasing leas-ing units as follows: UTAH GEOTHERMAL , RESOURCE LEASESALE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT DEPART-MENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT UTAH STATE OFFICE Post Office Box No. 11505 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 NOTICE OF GEOTHERMAL LEASE SALE ROOSEVELT HOT SPRINGS KGRA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Land Management, State Office, Of-fice, Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice is hereby given that twelve (12) leasing units of land, totaling 23,391.13 acres within the Roosevelt Hot Springs Known Geothermal Geother-mal Resource Area, in Beaver Beav-er County, Utah, are offered for geothermal leasing through SEALED BIDS on the terms hereinafter specified to the responsible qualified bidders of the highest cash bonus for the privilege of leasing Units 1 to 12 inclusive, in-clusive, pursuant to the Geothermal Geo-thermal Steam Act of December De-cember 24, 1970 (84 Stat. 1566; U.S.C. 1001-1025) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (43 CFR, Group 3200). All bids must be submitted sub-mitted on or before 10:00 A.M., MDT, July 30, 1974, to the State Director, Bureau Bur-eau of Land Management, P.O. Box il505, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, if by mail; or if in person to Room 8103, Federal Building, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bids will be opened open-ed and read at that time in Room 8103, in accordance with 43 CFR 3220.6(a). Bids may not be modified or withdrawn with-drawn unless the modification modifica-tion or withdrawal is received re-ceived prior to the time fixed for opening of bids. No bids received after the hour specified herein will be considered. The Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Separate bids must be submitted on each lease unit, and must be accompanied by a completed Form 1140-8, Equal Opportunity Op-portunity Compliance Report Certification, and a completed complet-ed Form 1140-7, Equal Opportunity Op-portunity Affirmative Action Program Representation. Each bidder must submit with each bid a certified or cashier's check, bank draft, or money order payable to the Bureau of Land Management, Manage-ment, or cash, in the amount of one -half of the amount of bid, and proof of qualifications qualifica-tions as requivci by the regulations reg-ulations 43 C1'T Group 3200. The envelope in which the bid is submitted must be plainly marked that it is NOT TO BE OPENED BEFORE THE DATE AND HOUR SET HEREIN; and must show the lease unit number and that it is for the Roosevelt Hot Springs Known Geothermal Resource Area. The successful suc-cessful bidder, as a condition con-dition of award, will be required to sign a certificate certi-ficate to the effect that the bid was arrived at by the bidder or offeror independ-entfyj independ-entfyj and wastendered without with-out collusion with any other bidder or offeror (Form 1140-6, Independent Price Determination Certificate). Before issuance of a lease, the successful bidder must pay the remainder of the bonus, plus the first year's annual rental. In addition, the successful bidder must furnish fur-nish an acceptable lease compliance surety bond in the sum of not less than $10,000, together withapro-posed withapro-posed plan of operation as required by 43 CFR 3210.2-1 3210.2-1 (d) before issuance of a lease, m lieu of a lease compliance com-pliance bond for each lease, a successful bidder may furnish fur-nish a bond in the amount of not less than $150,000 for full nationwide coverage for all of said bidder's Federal geothermal leases, or not less than $50,000 for coverage cover-age of all of said bidder's Federal geothermal leases in the State of Utah. The deposits de-posits of the other bidders will be returned upon acceptance accep-tance of the successful bid. Bidders are warned against violation of Title 18, U.S.C. 1860, prohibiting unlawful combination or intimidation of bidders. Any bonus bid considered as inadequate on the basis of the estimated value of the lease unit will be rejected. Royalties payable pay-able to the United States will be at the rate of: (a) 10 percent per-cent of the amount or value of steam or any other form of heat or energy derived from production; (b) 5 percent per-cent of the value of any byproduct by-product derived from pro- |