[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15916-15917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8514]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-935-07-1430-01: (COC-60190)]


Notice of Proposed Issuance of Disclaimer of Interest, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed issuance of recordable disclaimers of 
interest, for areas in Garfield County, Colorado.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 315 of the Act of 
October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1745), that Edward Koch, Ed Juhan, James 
Lemon, and Barrett Resources Corporation, through the law firm of 
Delaney and Balcomb, Drawer 790, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601, have 
filed an application, Colorado 60190, for a recordable disclaimer of 
interest for ``islands'' within the Colorado River. Additional 
``islands'' included in the following descriptions, may be the subject 
of future applications by other parties.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 6 S., R. 95 W.,
    Tracts 37 and 39;
T. 7 S., R. 95 W.,
    Tract 37;
T. 8 S., R. 96 W.,
    Tracts 38, 39, 40 and 41.

    The Bureau of Land Management has reviewed the official records in

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conjunction with the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth 
Circuit in Koch v. United States 47 F.3d 1015 10th Cir. 1995, decided 
adversely to the United States, and has determined that the United 
States has no claim to or interest in the above-described areas and 
that issuing recordable disclaimers of interest will help to remove a 
cloud of title to the areas. Accordingly, the recordable disclaimers of 
interest will be issued no sooner than ninety days after the date of 
this publication. Information concerning the proposed disclaimers may 
be obtained from the State Director, Colorado State Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093.

    Dated: March 26, 1997.
Herbert K. Olson,
Acting Realty Officer, Colorado State Office.
[FR Doc. 97-8514 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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