Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices 59369

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.

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, NE1⁄4 and the SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

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

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–98–1020–00–24–1 A]

Sierra Front/Northwest Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council—Notice of

Meeting Locations and Times

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Council

Meeting Locations and Times.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA) the

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) Council

meetings will be held as indicated

below. The agenda includes a business

meeting, public comment period and a

tour of the Walker River Basin.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written

comments to the council. Each formal

council meeting will have a time

allocated for hearing public comments.

The public comment period for the

council meeting is listed below.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to comment, and time available,

the time for individual oral comments

may be limited. Individuals who plan to

attend and need further information

about the meetings, or need special

assistance such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact Joan

Sweetland, Carson City District Office,

5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City,

NV 89701 (702) 885–6107.

DATE, TIMES: The dates are November 20

and 21, 1997. Depart BLM Carson City

Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson

City at 7:00 a.m. November 20, and

begin tour of Walker River Basin. Arrive

Hawthorne, Nevada, 5:00 p.m. At 6:00

p.m. the Council will have dinner at the

El Capitan, Hawthorne, followed by the

meeting at 6:30 p.m. The Agenda will

include a business meeting, approval of

the Minutes of the previous meeting,

remarks by State Director Robert Abbey,

discussion of the proposed Black Rock

Desert Management Plan. The public

comment period will be at 8:30 p.m.,

with adjournment for the evening at

9:00 p.m. At 8:00 a.m. the council will

depart Hawthorne to continue tour of

Walker River Basin and will return to

Carson City at 5:00 p.m.

All council meetings and tours are

open to the public, but the public is

responsible for their own transportation,

food and lodgings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Singlaub, Carson City District

Manager, 5665 Morgan Mill Road,

Carson City, Nevada 89701 (702) 885–

6000.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

John O. Singlaub,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–28978 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–910–0777–61–241A]

State of Arizona Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Arizona Resource Advisory

Council Meeting, notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Arizona Resource

Advisory Council. The meeting will be

held December 2, 1997, beginning at

9:00 a.m. in the Montana Room at the

Bureau of Land Management National

Training Center, 9828 N. 31st Avenue,

Phoenix, Arizona. The agenda items to

be covered at the one-day meeting

include: Review of previous meeting

minutes; BLM State Director’s Update

on legislation, regulations and statewide

planning efforts; Grazing Issues and

Update on FWS Biological Opinion;