[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 220 (Thursday, November 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 67196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26913]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAKF03000-LV.CL.00000000-F029421]


Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive Sale of Reversionary 
Interest, Portion of Recreation and Public Purposes Patent Number 50-
65-0288

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management has examined and found suitable 
for direct sale under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579, as amended; 43 CFR 2711.3-
3), 4,519.35 sq. feet of public land located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments regarding whether the BLM 
followed proper administrative procedures in reaching the decision or 
any other factor not directly related to the suitability of the land 
for a direct sale to the BLM Field Manager, Central Yukon Field Office, 
at the address below. Comments must be received no later than December 
29, 2008. Only written comments will be accepted. Any adverse comments 
will be reviewed by the State Director. In the absence of any adverse 
comments, the decision will become effective January 12, 2009. The 
lands will not be offered for conveyance until after the decision 
becomes effective.

ADDRESSES: Address all written comments concerning this notice to the 
BLM Central Yukon Field Manager, 1150 University Ave., Fairbanks, 
Alaska 99709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Voight, Realty Specialist, (907) 
474-2247 or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described land in Fairbanks, 
Alaska, was patented to the City of Fairbanks, pursuant to the Act of 
Congress of June 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 741, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 869) on 
November 2, 1964 for a public park. Certificate of Approval of Transfer 
and Change of Use was issued on July 25, 2007, to the Greater Fairbanks 
Community Hospital Foundation, Inc., for use for Hospital Support 
Purposes instead of a public park recreation site.

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska

    The east 33 feet of Lot 69, U.S. Survey 3148, situated within Sec. 
15, T. 1 S, R. 1W, subsequently surveyed as west 33 feet of Lot 70-A-1 
containing 4,519.35 square feet. The patent contains a reversionary 
interest to the United States. The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital 
Foundation, Inc., requests the purchase of the reversionary interest at 
not less than the fair market value of $6,299.75 as determined by a 
BLM-approved appraisal for a portion of the patented land, on the 
following described land.
    The Federal interest has been examined and found suitable for sale 
under the provisions of section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579, as amended; 43 CRF 2711.3-
3).
    Direct sale procedures to the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital 
Foundation, Inc., are considered appropriate in this case, as the land 
was transferred to the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation, 
Inc., and transfer of the Federal interest to any other entity would 
not protect existing equities in the land. The direct sale is 
consistent with current Bureau planning for this area and would be in 
the public interest. The land is not required for any Federal purpose. 
The patent will be subject to the provisions of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of the 
Interior and the land will continue to be subject to the following 
reservations to the United States:
    1. Any vested and accrued water rights for mining, agricultural, 
manufacturing, or other purposes, and rights to ditches and reservoirs 
used in connection with such water rights, as may be recognized and 
acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and decisions of courts.
    2. A right-of-way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States, Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391, 
43 U.S.C. 945).
    3. A right-of-way for the construction of railroads, telegraph and 
telephone lines, in accordance with the Act of March 12, 1914 (36 Stat. 
305; 48 U.S.C. Sec 308).
    4. All mineral deposits in the land, together with the right to 
prospect for, mine and remove such deposits from the same under 
applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior 
may prescribe.
    Detailed information concerning this action, including the approved 
appraisal report, is available for review at the Central Yukon Field 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1150 University Ave., Fairbanks, AK 
99709.
    Written comments must be received by the Central Yukon Field 
Manager, at the address stated above, on or before the date stated 
above. Facsimiles, telephone calls, and e-mails are unacceptable means 
of notification. Comments including names and street addresses of 
respondents will be available for public review at the BLM Central 
Yukon Field Office during regular business hours, except holidays. 
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM Alaska 
State Director, who may sustain, vacate or modify this realty action. 
In the absence of any objections, or adverse comments, the proposed 
realty action will become the final determination of the Department of 
the Interior.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1-2(a).

    Dated: November 5, 2008.
Nichelle Jacobson,
Manager, Central Yukon Field Office.
[FR Doc. E8-26913 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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