[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 66983-66986] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-31313] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [OR-943-1430-01; GP6-0047] Publication of List of Nationally Significant Lands To Be Retained and Confirmed to the United States Pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1993 and Final List of Base Land Parcels Relinquished to the United States Pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897 AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On July 2, 1993, Congress enacted Public Law 103-48 entitled ``An Act to Resolve the Status of Certain Lands Relinquished to the United States Under the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36) and for Other Purposes.'' In compliance with the Act, notice is given of the following actions: (1) The list of Nationally Significant lands retained by the United States is incorporated in this notice as ``Table 1.'' By publication of this notice, all right, title, and interest in these lands is now vested and confirmed in the United States. (2) The Final List of base land parcels relinquished to the United States pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897, is incorporated in this notice as ``Table 2.'' By publication of this notice, the United States quitclaims to the listed owners or entrymen or their successors all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to these parcels. EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1995. ADDRESSES: Requests for additional information or other comments should be addressed to the Director (350), Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Holdren in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Washington Office (202) 452-7779, Bill Bliesner in the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office (503) 952-6157, or John Beck in the BLM California State Office (916) 979-2858. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In compliance with the Act of July 2, 1993, Public Law 103-48, (hereafter referred to as the Act) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the December 30, 1993 issue of the Federal Register (58 FR 69402), the Initial List of base land parcels that were [[Page 66984]] relinquished or were purported to be relinquished, to the United States pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897 (as amended), and for which selection or other rights under that Act or supplemental legislation were not realized or exercised. The Act further provided that for a period of 180 days from the date of publication of the Initial List, any persons asserting an interest in any base land parcel omitted from the Initial List could request the addition of the omitted parcel to the Initial List in order to be considered for relief pursuant to the Act. No such requests were received by the BLM and therefore no additional parcels are included (on that basis) on the Final List published in this notice. One parcel (Parcel No. 27) was inadvertently omitted by the BLM from the Initial List and has now been added to the List of Nationally Significant Lands. In addition, one parcel (Parcel No. 16A) which was previously included by the United States Forest Service as Parcel No. 56 on its Initial List also published under the Act, has been determined to be outside of current National Forest boundaries. This parcel is more appropriately included on the BLM Initial List and has been added to the Final List. Current Action--Nationally Significant Lands. The Act provides that the BLM compile a list of Nationally Significant Lands. These are defined as those lands included on the Initial List which are ``located wholly or partially within any conservation system unit and all other listed lands which Congress has designated for specific management or which the Secretary concerned decides in the concerned Secretary's sole discretion, should be retained in order to meet public resource protection, or administrative needs.'' Such Nationally Significant Lands are not listed on the Final List and are not quitclaimed to the owner or entryman or his heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns as are other lands listed on the Final List. The list of Nationally Significant Lands is described as follows: Table 1.--Nationally Significant Lands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel No. Owner or entryman Legal description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonner County, Idaho (Boise Meridian) 1 Conrad Kohrs....................................... T. 58 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\. 2 Conrad Kohrs....................................... T. 58 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 15, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\. 10 W.J. Carney........................................ T. 63 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 27, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\. Coconino County, Arizona (Gila and Salt River Meridian) 18C Aztec Land & Cattle................................ T. 18 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 11, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ Fresno County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 19 Walter N. Bush..................................... T. 11 S., R. 30 E., Sec. 16, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 36, NW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\. Tulare County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 20 F.A. Hyde.......................................... T. 14 S., R. 32 E., Sec. 36, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\. Kern County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 27 F.A. Hyde.......................................... T. 27 S., R. 33 E., Sec. 16, E\1/2\SW\1/4\. 28 Marcus Hart........................................ T. 28 S., R. 35 E., Sec. 16, S\1/2\SW\1/4\. Mason County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 75 F. Stabenfeldt..................................... T. 21 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\. Clallam County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 85 Herbert Upper...................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 30, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest in the above described Nationally Significant Lands is hereby vested and confirmed in the United States. The list will be recorded in the appropriate county land ownership records and the official BLM records will be noted accordingly. Anyone claiming that the identification of Nationally Significant Lands under the Act was a ``taking'' of property will be allowed a one- year opportunity to file a petition in the United States Claims Court for monetary compensation. Identification of Nationally Significant Lands does not of itself entitle any party to compensation. The burden of proof is on the claimant to prove a compensable claim under the Act. Current Action--Final List. The Act also provides that on or before 24 months after the date of publication of the Initial List, a Final List be published consisting of lands included on the Initial List, but which are not identified on the list of Nationally Significant Lands described above in this notice. The BLM Final List is described as follows: Table 2.--Final List ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel No. Owner or entryman Legal description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonner County, Idaho (Boise Meridian) 3 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 59 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 1, Lots 1 & 2, NW\1/4\, NE\1/ 4\SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\. 4 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 59 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. 9 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 63 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 11, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\. Boundary County, Idaho (Boise Meridian) 5 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 62 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 13, S\1/2\NW\1/4\. 6 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 63 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 17, N\1/2\. [[Page 66985]] 7 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 63 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 19, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\. 8 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 63 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 31, NW\1/4\. El Paso County, Colorado (6th Principal Meridian) 11 W.E. Moses......................................... T. 11 S., R. 67 W., Sec. 5, N\3/4\ of NW\1/4\NW\1/4\. Douglas County, Colorado (6th Principal Meridian) 11A Donald McIntosh.................................... T. 9 S., R. 68 W., Sec. 2, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\; Sec. 3, E\1/ 2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 10, NE\1/ 4\NE\1/4\. Custer County, South Dakota (Black Hills Meridian) 15 V. Vallenthine..................................... T. 3 S., R. 6 E., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. 16 V. Vallenthine..................................... T. 3 S., R. 6 E., Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\. 16A William Roy........................................ T. 2 S., R. 6 E., Sec. 8, SW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\. Lincoln County, New Mexico (New Mexico Principal Meridian) 17 W.E. Moses LS&R Co................................. T. 8 S., R. 15 E., Sec. 27, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\. 18 Jefferson D. Thomas................................ T. 7 S., R. 14 E., Sec. 17, E\1/2\SW\1/4\. 18A Jesse H. Sherman................................... T. 10 S., R. 10 E., Sec. 29, S\1/2\NE\1/4\. Catron County, New Mexico (New Mexico Principal Meridian) 18B Henry N. Porter.................................... T. 9 S., R. 13 W., Sec. 26, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\. Tulare County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 21 Jacob H. Cook...................................... T. 22 S., R. 30 E., Sec. 31, Lot 4 (Tr. 37). 22 E.O. Miller........................................ T. 23 S., R. 30 E., Sec. 16, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\. Kern County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 23 Frank S. Fugitt.................................... T. 26 S., R. 33 E., Sec. 11, N\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\. 24 Hiram M. Hamilton.................................. T. 26 S., R. 33 E., Sec. 29, Part of E\1/2\NW\1/4\. 26 C.E. Glover........................................ T. 27 S., R. 37 E., Sec. 36, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\. Mono County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 29 J. C. Irwin........................................ T. 5 S., R. 30 E., Sec. 25, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\. Inyo County, California (Mt. Diablo Meridian) 30 A.W. Foster........................................ T. 21 S., R. 37 E., Sec. 16, S\1/2\NE\1/4\. Santa Barbara County, California (San Bernardino Meridian) 31 John D. Ackerman................................... T. 11 N., R. 28 W., Sec. 31, Lots 1 and 2. Los Angeles County, California (San Bernardino Meridian) 32 J.D. Stoddard...................................... T. 8 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 20, SE\1/4\. 33 E.M. Durant........................................ T. 7 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 5, W\1/ 2\ of Lot 2 and SW\1/4\NE\1/ 4\. 34 E.M. Durant........................................ T. 7 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\. 35 E.M. Durant........................................ T. 7 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 3, S\1/ 2\NW\1/4\. 36 H. A. Cowen........................................ T. 7 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 5, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\. 37 Alfred A. Vickery.................................. T. 5 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 36, All. 38 William G. Goslin.................................. T. 5 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 30, Lot 1 and S\1/2\ of Lot 2. 39 C.A. Johnson....................................... T. 5 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 20, N\1/2\SW\1/4\. 40 Cora Graybill...................................... T. 5 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 22, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\. 41 John Woods......................................... T. 5 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\. 42 Isaac Liebes....................................... T. 5 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 36, SW\1/4\. 43 Gabino Comichio.................................... T. 4 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 7, N\1/ 2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/ 4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\. 44 W.C. Burgstrom..................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 30, Lots 1 and 2. 45 E.M. Durant........................................ T. 4 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 11, Lots 1, 2, and 3. 46 Charles Overlook................................... T. 4 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 12, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\. 47 E.M. Durant........................................ T. 4 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 25, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4. 48 Alice M. Hall...................................... T. 4 N., R. 17 W., Sec. 16, NW\1/4\. 49 Big Blackfoot Milling.............................. T. 4 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 2, Lot 2 of NW\1/4\. 50 L.A. Grimminger.................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 6, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/ 4\SW\1/4\. 51 J. Furniwell....................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 19, Lot 1. 52 John F. Campbell................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 19, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/ 2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/ 2\NE\1/4\. 53 Wm. Erwin.......................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 20, N\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\. 54 Lewis A. Black..................................... T. 4 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. San Diego County, California (San Bernardino Meridian) 57 Lewis A. Black..................................... T. 9 S., R. 2 E., Sec. 15, Lot 3. Snohomish County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 60 Gary Peavey........................................ T. 32 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 2, E\1/ 2\SW\1/4\. 61 Stephen A. Thayer.................................. T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9, N\1/ 2\SE\1/4\. 62 Stephen A. Thayer.................................. T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 10, N\1/2\SW\1/4\. 63 A.J. Hazeltine..................................... T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 8, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\. [[Page 66986]] 64 A.J. Hazeltine..................................... T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/ 4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\. 65 Stephen A. Thayer.................................. T. 30 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 7, W\1/ 2\NE\1/4\. Lewis County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 66 Marion Edwards..................................... T. 12 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 15, Lot 6. 67 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 13, Lot 2. 68 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 7, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 19, Lot 1. 69 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 1, Lot 1. 70 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 11, Lot 5. 71 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 17, Lot 12. Mason County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 72 Jacob Lockbaum..................................... T. 21 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 34, E\1/2\SW\1/4\. 73 Charles Borgeson................................... T. 21 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 34, SE\1/4\. 74 Harold Waltz....................................... T. 21 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 33, S\1/2\SW\1/4\. Clallam County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 76 James Kerr......................................... T. 28 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 7, Lot 7. 77 Gideon McDonald.................................... T. 28 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 17, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\. 78 Mary Coffin........................................ T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 24, Lot 1. 79 W.J. Williams...................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 8, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\. 80 Virgil E. Rice..................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 34, E\1/2\NE\1/4\. 81 Fred Pape.......................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 15, Lots 4 & 5. 82 Carl E. Clemens.................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 15, Lot 3. 83 Carl E. Clemens.................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 10, Lot 6. 84 Carl E. Clemens.................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 10, Lot 4, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\. 86 Charles Cobb....................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 20, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\; Sec. 21, SW\1/ 4\NW\1/4\. 87 Carl Clemens....................................... T. 28 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 10, Lot 5. 88 W.A. Clark......................................... T. 28 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 13, S\1/2\SW\1/4\. 89 W.A. Clark......................................... T. 28 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 14, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/ 4\. 90 W.A. Clark......................................... T. 28 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 24, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\. 91 W.A. Clark......................................... T. 29 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 12, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/ 4\SW\1/4\; Sec. 13, NW\1/ 4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\. 92 Herbert Upper...................................... T. 29 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 7, W\1/ 2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\. 93 Jacob Kintz........................................ T. 30 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 22, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\. 94 Jacob Kintz........................................ T. 30 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 21, E\1/2\NE\1/4\. 95 Jeramiah Collins................................... T. 30 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 25, Lot 4. 96 Jeramiah Collins................................... T. 30 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 26, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\. 97 Virgil Rice........................................ T. 30 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 5, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;Sec. 8, E\1/ 2\NE\1/4\. 98 Virgil Rice........................................ T. 30 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 9, Lot 4. 99 William Caldwell................................... T. 31 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 35, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\. 99A Gideon McDonald.................................... T. 28 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 14, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\. Yakima County, Washington (Willamette Meridian) 100 N. Pacific R.R. Co................................. T. 12 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 5, All. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to the Act, and subject to any valid existing rights, the United States hereby quitclaims to the listed owner or entryman, his heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described in the Final List given above, effective on the date of publication of this notice. As further provided by the Act, the BLM will, within 6 months after the date of publication of this notice, issue documents of disclaimer of interest confirming the quitclaim made by publication of the Final List. Each confirmatory document of disclaimer of interest shall operate to estop the United States from making any claim of right, title, or interest in and to the land described in the document of disclaimer. The disclaimers shall be issued in the name of the listed owner or entryman, his heirs, devisees, successor, and assigns, and shall be suitable for recordation. The disclaimer documents shall be filed for recordation by the BLM with the recorder of deeds or other like official of the county or counties within which the lands covered by the disclaimer are located. Acceptance of benefits under the Act or the failure to seek the benefits provided by this Act within the time allotted with respect to any lands listed will be considered a waiver of any claims against the United States with respect to those and any revenues therefrom. Dated: December 20, 1995. Charles E. Wassinger, Acting State Director, Oregon/Washington. [FR Doc. 95-31313 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-33-P