Manual for Federal Land Transfers for Federal-Aid Projects

February 27, 2009

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Table of Contents

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 General Procedures
• 1.2 Sufficiency Of Application (Step 1)
• 1.3 Sufficiency Of Plats And Legal Descriptions For Application Purposes (Step 1 Continued)
• 1.4 Sufficiency Of Data - General (Step 2)
• 1.5 Right Of Way Approvals (Step 2 Continued)
• 1.6 Requesting Letter Of Consent To Effect Transfers (Step 3)
• 1.7 Deed Preparation And Review (Steps 4 & 5)
• 1.8 Legal Review And Effectuation Of Deed (Steps 6, 7 & 8)
• 1.9 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
• 1.10 Forms Of Transfer
• 1.11 Controlling Agency Imposed Conditions Of Transfer
• 1.12 Delegations
• 1.13 Statutory Authority
• 1.14 Statutory Interpretations And Precedents
• 1.15 Analysis Of Sections 107(D) And 317
• 1.16 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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