[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44669-44670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17011]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Water Resources Development Act of 1999, Candy Lake Project, 
Oklahoma; Availability of Purchase

AGENCY: Office of Real Property Disposal Office, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999, as amended, the Candy Lake Project, Osage County, Oklahoma, has 
become surplus to the needs of the Government. Under this law, the 
previous owner(s) of the land or their direct descendant(s) are given 
the opportunity to purchase the property for the fair market value, 
without competition.

DATES: All Applications to Purchase must be executed and returned to 
the General Services Administration no later than January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Return all Applications to Purchase to the General Services 
Administration, Real Property Disposal Division (7PR), 817 Taylor 
Street, Room 11B03, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Melvin Freeman, Realty Officer, 
General Services Administration (GSA), Real Property Disposal Division 
(7PR), 817 Taylor Street, Room 11B03, Fort Worth, TX 76102, telephone 
817-978-3856, or e-mail [email protected] if you are a previous 
owner (or a direct descendant) of land that was conveyed to the Corps 
of Engineers for use in the Candy Lake Project in Osage County, 
Oklahoma, and desire to repurchase the land and request Application to 
Purchase (7-D-OK-0529).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The property is identified as follows:

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               Tract No.                    Acreage           FMV                    Original owner
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101-1.................................          215.69         $86,275  Chester James Thornton, Mildred Laverne
                                                                         Thorton.
101-2.................................            8.02           2,800  Chester James Thornton, Mildred Laverne
                                                                         Thornton.
102...................................          400.0          110,000  Joseph Fingerlin
106...................................           59.41          10,400  Ana Bates Other.
107...................................          530.65         265,325  Roy Glasco.
108...................................          218.5           87,400  Bud Crutchfield, Alberta Crutchfield.
109...................................          120.0           48,000  William M. Smith, Alice A. Smith.
111...................................          205.41         112,975  Rose Martin.
112...................................            1.21             120  Betty Bowen.
113...................................          160.0          104,000  Wilma Kohlmeyer, Richard Ernest
                                                                         Kohlmeyer, Kristen Marie Kohlmeyer,
                                                                         Emma Jo Sutton, and William W. Sutton.

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114-1.................................          190.74          47,675  Henry C. Kohlmeyer, et al.
114-2.................................           25.95           4,550  Henry C. Kohlmeyer, et al.
116...................................           23.83           4,175  James E. Barnett, et al.
117...................................           30.0           21,000  Donald E. Hazelwood, et al.
118...................................           55.0           33,000  Roger Franklin McWilliams, Dawn
                                                                         McWilliams.
119-1.................................           32.27          19,350  Harry Littleton, et al.
119-2.................................            3.24           1,125  Harry Littleton, et al.
121...................................          338.48          59,225  John Francis Murphy, Linda K. Murphy.
201...................................          160.0          104,000  Floyd Lemley, Mary Frances Lemley.
202...................................           74.26          40,850  Troy E. Miller, Wanda M. Miller, Bobby
                                                                         W. Miller, Diane E. Miller.
203...................................           40.0           26,000  Lewis J. Rutherford, et al.
204...................................           46.96          25,825  James H. Gray, Ethel Mae Gray.
206-1.................................           19.46           3,400  Michael T. Eschbach, Geraldine L.
                                                                         Eschbach.
206-2.................................            4.17             725  Michael T. Eschbach, Gerald L. Eschbach.
207-1.................................          692.86         363,750  Oklahoma Land and Cattle Company, Inc.,
                                                                         et al.
207-2.................................            1.33             675  Oklahoma Land and Cattle Company, Inc.,
                                                                         et al.
107E-10...............................          1 9.97           4,475  Oklahoma Land and Cattle Company, Inc.,
                                                                         et al.
110E..................................          1 1.30              50  Charlotte Tucker.
207E-17...............................          1 1.34              10  Oklahoma Land and Cattle Company, Inc.,
                                                                         et al.
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1 Road.

    All Applications to Purchase must be executed and returned to the 
General Services Administration no later than January 24, 2005. Though 
a contract for sale and closing may not be readily accomplished, the 
time within which you respond may affect your eligibility to purchase. 
The first person to execute and return an acceptable Application to 
Purchase has the first option to purchase if the previous owner(s) is 
not interested.
    All previous owners or direct descendants will be required to 
substantiate that they are a previous owner (or direct descendant) of 
the property they wish to purchase.

    Dated: July 19, 2004.
Melvin Freeman,
Project Manager, GSA Real Property Disposal Office (7PR).

    (c) Candy Lake Project, Osage County, Oklahoma.--
    (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
    (A) Fair market value.--The term ``fair market value'' means the 
amount for which a willing buyer would purchase and a willing seller 
would sell a parcel of land, as determined by a qualified, 
independent land appraiser.
    (B) Previous owner of land.--The term ``previous owner of land'' 
means a person (including a corporation) that conveyed, or a 
descendant of a deceased individual who conveyed, land to the Corps 
of Engineers for use in the Candy Lake project in Osage County, 
Oklahoma.
    (2) Conveyances.--
    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall convey all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the land acquired by the 
United States for the Candy Lake project in Osage County, Oklahoma.
    (B) Previous owners of land.--
    (i) In general.--The Secretary shall give a previous owner of 
land the first option to purchase the land described in subparagraph 
(A).
    (ii) Application.--
    (I) In general.--A previous owner of land that desires to 
purchase the land described in paragraph (1) that was owned by the 
previous owner of land, or by the individual from whom the previous 
owner of land is descended, shall file an application to purchase 
the land with the Secretary not later than 180 days after the 
official date of notice to the previous owner of land under 
paragraph (3).
    (II) First to file has first option.--If more than 1 application 
is filed to purchase a parcel of land described in subparagraph (A), 
the first option to purchase the parcel of land shall be determined 
in the order in which applications for the parcel of and were filed.
    (iii) Identification of previous owners of land.--As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall, to the extent practicable, identify each previous owner of 
land.
    (iv) Consideration.--Consideration for land conveyed under this 
subsection shall be the fair market value of the land.
    (C) Disposal.--Any land described in subparagraph (A) for which 
an application to purchase the land has not been filed under 
subparagraph (B)(ii) within the applicable time period shall be 
disposed of in accordance with law.

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    (D) Extinguishment of easements.--All flowage easements acquired 
by the United States for use in the Candy Lake project in Osage 
County, Oklahoma, are extinguished.
    (3) Notice.--
    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall notify--
    (i) each person identified as a previous owner of land under 
paragraph (2)(B)(iii), not later than 90 days after identification, 
by United States mail; and
    (ii) <> the general 
public, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, by publication in the Federal Register.
    (B) Contents of notice.--Notice under this paragraph shall 
include--
    (i) a copy of this subsection;
    (ii) information sufficient to separately identify each parcel 
of land subject to this subsection; and
    (iii) specification of the fair market value of each parcel of 
land subject to this subsection.
    (C) Official date of notice.--The official date of notice under 
this subsection shall be the later of--
    (i) the date on which actual notice is mailed; or
    (ii) the date of publication of the notice in the Federal 
Register.
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    (i) Candy Lake Project, Osage County, Oklahoma.--Section 
563(c)(1)(B) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 357) is amended by striking ``a deceased individual'' and 
inserting ``an individual''.

[FR Doc. 04-17011 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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