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Show Published in the Beaver County News, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 1975 R.7W R.6W. R-5W. 1245 1 ! '-''li Mr wlrnTT -"F j rV''" ''V' BB " slxPHURDALE KGRA T'265, 3"-SALE UN,TS' " JUTAH GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASE SALE ifm-rn nF sale no. 2 the surface management agency and the Supervisor, the lessee will be required to temporarily fence areas to alleviate hazards to humans, hu-mans, livestock or wildlife or to allow establishment of vegetation on disturbed areas. 6. Existing waters In pipelines, pipe-lines, storage tanks, ponds, reservoirs or streams shall . not be used by the lessee for the operation of the lease unless un-less specifically approved by the authorized officer. 7. The authorized officer or the Supervisor may require re-quire the lessee to Install cattleguards on roads at fence crossings. 8. The use of existing roads or trails and the construction con-struction of all new roads necessary for exploration or development activities shall receive appropriate approval approv-al prior to construction by the authorized officer or the Supervisor. They may determine deter-mine the location and set forth the road standards and construction methods employed. em-ployed. Maintenance of such roads shall be the responsibility responsi-bility of the lessee unless otherwise approved. 9. No drilling will be allowed al-lowed within 400 feet of any surface waters, including springs, seeps or reservoirs. reser-voirs. This distance may be varied when specifically approved ap-proved In writing by the authorized au-thorized officer of the surface sur-face management agency and the Supervisor. (Applicable only to Units 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.) 10. On critical deer winter areas, exploration work, such as drilling and associated associ-ated activities will not be allowed al-lowed during December through April unless specifically speci-fically approved in writing by the authorized officer of the surface management agency and the Supervisor. (Applicable (Appli-cable only to Units 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and the portions of Units 2, 3, 7 and 8 that lie east of Interstate 15). 11. The lessee shall take special precaution to prevent hydrogen -sulfide gas emissions emis-sions encountered durlngex-ploration durlngex-ploration activities on the lease. At termination of activities ac-tivities on the lease, the lessee les-see will be responsible for elimination of hydrogen -sulfide gas emissions created by any operation activities. 12. Notwithstanding any provision of this lease to the contrary,' any 'drilling, gob struction, or other operation J on the leased lands that will disturb the surface thereof or otherwise affect the environment, en-vironment, hereinafter called call-ed "surface disturbing operation," op-eration," conducted by lessee les-see shall be subject, as set forth in this stipulation, to prior approval of such operation op-eration by the Area Geo-thermal Geo-thermal Supervisor in consultation con-sultation with appropriate surface management agency and to such reasonable conditions, con-ditions, not inconsistent with the purposes for which this lease Is issued, as the Supervisor Sup-ervisor may require to protect pro-tect the surface of the leased lands and environment. 13. Prior to entry upon the land or the disturbance of the surface thereof for drilling or other purposes, lessee shall submit for approval ap-proval two (2) copies of a map and explanation of the nature of the anticipated activity ac-tivity and surface disturbance distur-bance to the Area Geotherm-al Geotherm-al Supervisor, as appropriate, appropri-ate, and will also furnish the appropriate surface management man-agement agency with a copy of such map and explanation. An environmental analysis will be made by the Geological Geologi-cal Survey In consultation with the appropriate surface management agency for the purpose of assuring proper protection of the surface, the natural resources, the environment, en-vironment, existing improvements, im-provements, and for assuring assur-ing timely reclamation of disturbed lands. 14. Upon completion of said environmental analysis, the Area Geothermal Supervisor, Super-visor, as appropriate, shall notify lessee of the conditions, condi-tions, if any, to which the proposed surface disturbing operations will be subject. 15. Any lease Issued for Leasing Units 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 will be subject to Form 3109-3, Stipulation for Lands Under Jurisdiction of Department of Agriculture, as to the lands within the Fishlake National Forest. Copies of lease and bond forms, regulations, bid forms and other required forms may be obtained from the office of the State Director, Direc-tor, Bureau of Land Management, Manage-ment, Salt Lake City, Utah, or other BLM State Offices. Dell T. Waddoups Chief, Branch of Realty Services UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Post Office Box No. 11505 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Notice of Geothermal Lease Sale COVE FORD-SULPHURDALE FORD-SULPHURDALE KGRA U. S. DEPARTMENT... OF;.:" THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Land Management, State Office, Of-fice, Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice is hereby given that ten (10) leasing units of land, totaling 21,059.99 acres within the Cove Fort-Sulph-urdale Known Geothermal Resource Area, In Millard and Beaver Counties, Utah, are offered for geothermal leasing through SEALED BIDS on the terms hereinafter herein-after specified to the responsible re-sponsible qualified bidders of the highest cash bonus for the privilege of leasingUnits 1 to 10 inclusive, pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of December 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 AM, MDT, March 5, 1975, to the State Director, Bureau of Land Management, P. O. Box 11505, 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 and read at that time in Room 7102, Federal Building, in accordance with 43 CFR 3220.6(a). Bids may not be modified or withdrawn unless un-less the modification or withdrawal is received prior to the time fixed for opening open-ing 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 leasing leas-ing unit, and bids must be for all the lands in each unit. Only one bid form (Form 3200-4) for each unit is necessary. nec-essary. Each bid must be accompanied ac-companied by a completed Form 1140-8, Equal Opportunity Oppor-tunity Compliance Report Certification, and a completed com-pleted Form 1140-7, Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Ac-tion Program Representation. Representa-tion. Each bidder must submit sub-mit with each bid a certified or cashier's check, bank draft, or money order payable pay-able to the Bureau of Land Management, or cash, In the amount of one -half of the amount of bid, and proof of qualifications as required by the regulations 43 CFR, Group 3200. The envelope in which the bid is submitted must be plainly marked that It is NOT TO BE OPENED i BEFORE THE DATE AND . HOUR SET HEREIN; and must show the leasing unit number and that it is for the Cove Fort-Sulphurdale Known Geothermal Re source Area. The successful bidder, as a condition of award, will be required to sign a certificate cer-tificate to the effect that the bid was arrived at by the bid- der or offeror independently, ' and ' was tendered without: collusion with any other bidder bid-der or offeror (Form 1140-6, Independent Price Determination Determi-nation Certificate). Before issuance of a lease, the successful suc-cessful bidder must pay the remainder of the bonus, plus the first year's annual rental. rent-al. In addition, the successful bidder must furnish an acceptable ac-ceptable lease compliance surety bond in the sum of not less than $10,000, together to-gether with a proposed plan of exploration as required by 43 CFR 3210.2-l(d) before issuance of a lease. In lieu of a lease compliance bond for each lease, a successful success-ful bidder may furnish a bond in the amount of not less than $150,000 for full nationwide coverage for all of said bidder's bid-der's Federal geothermal leases, or not less than $50,-000 $50,-000 for coverage of all of said bidder's Federal geothermal leases in the State of Utah. The deposits of the other bidders bid-ders will be returned upon acceptance of the successful success-ful bid. Bidders are warned against violation of Title 18, U.S.C. 1860, prohibiting unlawful un-lawful combination or intimidation intim-idation of bidders. Any bonus bid considered as inadequate on the basis of the estimated value of the leasing 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 production pro-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 (30 U.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 cool-ing or in the generation of electric energy or otherwise. other-wise. 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 units as follows: COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA Leasing Unit 1 - 2,459.19 acres - T. 24 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 32, Lots 1 to 4 inch, ,N 12 N 12, N 12 g9l2, SE 14 SE 14; Sec'. 33, Lots .' 1 to 4 incl., N 12, N 12 S 12. T. 25 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sees. 5 and 8, All. Leasing Unit 2 - 2,560.00 acres - T. 24 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 35, All. T. 25 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sees. 10,11, 14, All. Leasing Unit 3 - 2,560.00 acres - T. 25 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sees. 21, 22, 23 and 27, All. Leasing Unit 4 - 1,553.09 acres - T. 25 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 19, Lots 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, NE 14 SW 14, W 12 SE 14; Sec. 29, Lots 1, 2, 3, SE 14 NE 14, W 12 NE 14, NW 14, N 12 SW 14, NW 14 SE 14; Sec. 30, Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, W 12 NE 14, SE 14 NE 14, E 12 SW, 14, SE 14. T. 25 S., R. 7 W., Sec. 24, Lots 7 toll incl., SW 14 NE 14, NE 14 SW 14. Leasing Unit 5 - 2,366.28 acres - T. 25 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 17, Lots 1 to 6 incl., E 12, N 12 NW 14, SE 14 SW 14; Sec. 20, Lots 1 to 5 incl., N 12 NE 14, SW 14 NE 14, NW 14, E 12 SW 14, W 12 SE 14; Sec. 21, All (excluding mining claims); Sec. 28, N 12, E 12 SW 14, SW 14 SW 14, SE 14. Leasing Unit 6 - 2,033.04 acres - T. 25 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 31, E 12 SW 14, SE 14; Sec. 32, NE 14, S 12 NW14, S 12; Sec. 33, All. T. 26 S., R. 6 W..SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 5, All. Leasing Unit 7 - 1,403.64 acres - T. 25 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 35, All. T. 26 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 6, All. T. 26 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 1, Lot 4, SW 14 NW 14, SE 14 SE 14; Sec. 2, Lots 2, 3, SW 14 NE 14, SE 14 NW 14. Leasing Unit 8 - 2,333.95 acres - T. 26 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sees. 9, 10, All; Sec. 11, W 12 NE 14, SE 14NE14, Wl2, SE 14; Sec. 12, Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, SE 14 NW 14, NE 14. Leasing Unit 9 - 2,140.42 acres - T. 26 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 7, Lots 1, 2, E 12, E 12 W 12; Sec. 8, All; Sec. 17, Lots 1, 2, 3, N 12 NE 14,'.". El2 NW 14, SW 14NW ." 14, S 12; Sec. 18, All. ' Leasing Unit 10 - 1,650.38 acres - T. 26 S., R. 6 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 19, All. T. 26 S., R. 7 W., SL Mer., Utah; Sec. 13, Lots 1, 2, 3, 6 to 11 incl., 14, 15, 16; Sec. 23, SE 14NE 14; Sec. 24, Lots 1 to 4 incl., W 12 ,12, E 12- ' ' W 12, SW 14 NW 14, W 12 SW 14. Form 1140-3, Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities, will be made a part of any lease issued, and compliance with its provisions will be . required effective upon execution exe-cution of the lease. Identical certifications must be obtained ob-tained from proposed subcontractors sub-contractors prior to the award of subcontracts exceeding ex-ceeding $10,000 which are not exempt from the provisions provi-sions of the Equal Opportu- i nity Clause. SPECIAL STIPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS In addition to lease terms and requirements contained in the lease form, the lessee les-see shall comply with the following fol-lowing special conditions and stipulations unless they are modified by mutual agree- ! ment of the lessee, the Supervisor Sup-ervisor (USGS) and the authorized au-thorized officer (BLM or USFS). 1. The lessee shall provide pro-vide a complete inventory and evaluation of archaeological archaeo-logical and historical values I on lands to be disturbed or occupied. This will be prepared pre-pared by a competent archaeologist, ar-chaeologist, acceptable to the authorized officer, in advance ad-vance of any surface disturbance. disturb-ance. 2. All survey monuments, witness corners, reference monuments and bearing trees will be located by the lessee In advance of surface disturbance and protected against destruction, obliteration obliter-ation or damage. Any markers mark-ers accidentally damaged or obliterated by the lessee or his operator must be reestablished re-established In accordance . with Instructions of the responsible re-sponsible agency at the expense ex-pense of the lessee. 3. Natural drainage systems sys-tems shall not be blocked. No cuts or fills shall be made in or near streams which will result In siltation or accumulation accu-mulation of water or debris. 4. The lessee shall make every possible effort to prevent, pre-vent, control or suppress any fire on national resource lands within the operating area. Reports of uncontrolled uncon-trolled fire must be immediately imme-diately sent to the authorized officer of the appropriate land management agency. 5. If considered necessary by the authorized officer of |