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B-168879 1 (1970-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadprj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0548 ;ear i r. logan: urther reference is de to your letter of ruary 20, 1970, concerning the refusal of the 3epartment of the Interior to eli certain land in New 4eco to your constituent, Mr. erbert . The land in question was ffered for sale in Janu 1957, by the Surau of and g t (SL4), 3apartment of the Interior, pursuant to the auhority of 43 U.S.C. 1171, as _de. 2 so ;ids were received. Ur. Conihan submitted the high bid of ;l02, 3nd -r. Upert hishim bid p65, Te land had been appraised in Ieptember 1956 at a value of A6l.5O. I. Chish oim, owner of con- tLguous land, claimed a prefeence right undr the above statte. 1fne mnager of the BLM office in bante f e conclude that Ar. c isholm had a preference riht to purchase the land, e deli- sion was appealed by Mr. Counihan to the Directar, 1Q, iho affirmed the decisLon in ay 1958. h is decision was also ppeed nd, in December 1958, the epty olicior of the aepLrtsen of the Interior reTan; the ase to he -L for further ddezi0naton as zo the preference right owner. In .agust 1959, the IM deter- ined that Mr. Qhishoim was not enetitd to a preference right. Ar. -hishol's appeal of this decision was denied on October 27, 196;, by the Director, -M, who als remanded the case for further determination of the value of the land in vie-w of the 1Lpse of time since the 1956 apprais1. T.e later .ecision as sppeald by Mr, Chishoim 4ad, lI July 1962, the ssistant ecrery for 2lic Lane Manne i.t rulEd th u .r. Cisholm's preference right laim had prsorly been diKallow. ealo cncluded that the facts suggeste that the 1956 appraisal aay have been inadequate, and ordered a eapprailsal. Zurther, he direted tht the sale be vacted if the reappraisl shoed that r.cUnihans bid of 02 did not represent the fair aket value of che lrd ss of J a y 1957. I a decisio dated arch 13, 1963, the 3LM concluded tha t the wiuse of the Ia nas of Lanuary 1)57 -as $45l, and ordered the i vaated. Te land is ow atimatc to have avalue of at least 6 ,50. An .ppeal fro this devison as denied y the A. A further ppeal as mde to the cretary ard on ECy 13, 194, the :ssisant ereai for La d nageent affixed the ALI decision. Mr. L5ounihan's request that the case be reopened was denied on ugust 3, 1964.

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