[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