[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58152-58153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20102]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Disposal of Enhanced-Use Leased Property at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of intent to dispose of property to an enhanced-use 
lessee.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
intends to dispose of approximately 85.4 acres of property at the VA 
Medical Center in North Chicago, Illinois, which currently is being 
leased by the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 
(RFUMS). The Secretary, in accordance with 38 U.S.C. section 8164, has 
determined that VA no longer needs such property and that--with the 
exception of retaining ownership over certain existing utility systems, 
lines, and conduits; water lines located within its boundary; and a 1-
acre parcel used as a parking lot, a transfer to RFUMS of all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in the property under section 
8164 would be in the best interests of VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Ellington, Office of Asset 
Enterprise Management (004B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject property consists of 
approximately 85.4 acres of land and improvements leased to RFUMS under 
a 75-year enhanced-use lease executed

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on April 10, 2002. The lease has a remaining term of approximately 70 
years. Section 8164 of title 38, U.S. Code, authorizes the Secretary, 
either during or within 30 days after the end of the lease term, to 
dispose of enhanced-use leased property to the lessee thereof if the 
Secretary determines that the leased property is no longer needed by 
the Department and that disposal under that section, rather than under 
section 8118 or 8122 of such title, is in the best interests of the 
Department. The Secretary has made those determinations and is 
providing this notice of intent to so dispose of the subject leased 
property as required by section 8164.

    Approved: October 4, 2007.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-20102 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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