[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28979]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-080-08-5420-00-H011; GP8-0025; OR-53981]
Recordable Disclaimer of Interest; Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed issuance of recordable disclaimer of interest, Oregon.
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SUMMARY: An application has been filed by John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company for a recordable disclaimer of interest involving 200
acres of land in Columbia County, Oregon, to remove a cloud on the
title. The cloud is a result of an exclusion contained in the patent
conveying title from the United States. The patent excluded ``the
timber thereon.'' Subsequently, the United States interest in the said
timber was extinguished when a timber sale contract was issued;
however, no instrument was recorded to show that the interest was
extinguished. The applicant desires to have clear title. The United
States of America hereby gives notice of its intention to disclaim and
release all interest in the timber to the owner of record.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Until February 2, 1998, all persons who wish to submit
comments may do so in writing to the Salem District Manager, Bureau of
Land Management, 1717 Fabry Road SE, Salem, Oregon 97306.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Radosta, Realty Specialist, Salem
District Office, (503) 375-5664.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1745, an
application has been filed by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Company for issuance of a recordable disclaimer of interest by the
United States, affecting the following described land:
Willamette Meridian
T. 3 N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 9, NE\1/4\ and the SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The subject land (and other land) was conveyed by the United States
by Coal Patent No. 646950, dated August 18, 1918. The patent conveyed
the land ``exclusive of the timber thereon.'' On January 10, 1941, the
United States (General Land Office) issued Timber Contract I6g-428, in
which the reserved timber was sold. When the timber contract was
terminated in 1946, the landowner requested that a release or
relinquishment of the timber interest be recorded so as to provide him
with clear title. The response was that the General Land Office had no
authority to do so.
Section 315 of FLPMA authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to
issue a recordable disclaimer of interest in land where the disclaimer
will help to remove a cloud on the title under certain criteria. One
criterion is where a record interest of the United States in the land
has terminated by operation of law or is otherwise invalid. The Bureau
of Land Management has reviewed the official records and has determined
that the United States has no claim to or interest in the above
described land and that the issuance of a recordable disclaimer of
interest will help to remove a cloud on the title to the land.
Accordingly, a recordable disclaimer of interest will be issued shortly
after the 90-day comment period.
Dated: October 23, 1997.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 97-28979 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-33-P
