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Manual for Federal Land Transfers for Federal-Aid Projects

Table of Contents

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 General Procedures
• 2.0 Sufficiency Of Application (Step 1)
• 2.1 Sufficiency Of Plats And Legal Descriptions For Application Purposes (Step 1 Continued)
• 2.2 Sufficiency Of Data - General (Step 2)
• 2.3 Right Of Way Approvals (Step 2 Continued)
• 2.4 Requesting Letter Of Consent To Effect Transfers (Step 3)
• 2.5 Deed Preparation And Review (Steps 4 & 5)
• 2.6 Legal Review And Effectuation Of Deed (Steps 6, 7 & 8)
• 2.7 Transfer Procedures Of Other Agencies
  1. Department Of Agriculture
  2. Department Of The Interior
  3. Military Departments
  4. United States Postal Service
  5. Veterans Administration
  6. General Services Administration
  7. Department of Justice
• 3.0 Forms Of Transfer
• 3.1 Controlling Agency Imposed Conditions Of Transfer
• 3.2 Delegations
• 3.3 Statutory Authority
• 3.4 Statutory Interpretations And Precedents
• 3.5 Analysis Of Sections 107(D) And 317
• 3.6 Legislative History
  1. Section 317
  2. Section 107(d)

Appendices

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• Appendix 1: Key Terms (PDF, 21KB)
• Appendix 2: April 1998 Guidance Memo (PDF, 42KB)
• Appendix 3: Sample Regional MOU from Arizona (PDF, 2.5MB)
• Appendix 4: Sample Legal Sufficiency Finding language (PDF, 26KB)
• Appendix 5: FHWA Order M1100.1A (Chapter 4, Section 78) (PDF, 662KB)
• Appendix 6: Sample tracking log (PDF, 27KB))
• Appendix 7: Certificate of ROW Description Standard (PDF, 25KB))
• Appendix 8: Sample permit/license (PDF, 279KB)
• Appendix 9: 1998 MOU between FHWA and USFS and May 2003 Modification (PDF, 3MB)
• Appendix 10: 1982 Interagency Agreement between FHWA and BLM (PDF, 25KB)
• Appendix 11: Sample Highway Easement Deeds (11a (PDF, 420KB) & 11b (PDF, 310KB))
• Appendix 12: Interagency Agreement between BLM and BOR (PDF, 1MB)
• Appendix 13: BRAC Transfer example (PDF, 395KB)
• Appendix 14: Example of FLT with compensation (USPS in Boston) (PDF, 751KB)
• Appendix 15: Reserved
• Appendix 16: 1947 legal opinion (PDF, 31KB)
• Appendix 17: White House Letter (PDF, 49KB)
• Appendix 18: Chart comparing 317 and 107(d) (PDF, 89KB)
• Appendix 19: USFS Cost Recovery Guidance, CA (PDF, 159KB)

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