[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 213 (Friday, November 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28089]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Establishment of Wesley Chapel Gulf Purchase Unit
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of Wesley Chapel Gulf Purchase Unit.
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SUMMARY: On September 26, 1996, the Deputy Under Secretary, Natural
Resources and Environment, created the 189-acre Wesley Chapel Gulf
Purchase Unit in Orange County, Indiana. A copy of the establishment
document, which includes the legal description of the lands within the
purchase unit, appears at the end of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Establishment of this purchase unit was effective
September 26, 1996.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the map depicting the purchase unit is on file and
available for public inspection in the office of the Director, Lands
Staff, 4 South, Auditor's Building, Forest Service, USDA, 201 14th
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
J. Kenneth Myers, Lands Staff, telephone: (202) 205-1248.
Dated: October 28, 1996.
Janice H. McDougle,
Associate Deputy Chief.
Proposed Wesley Chapel Gulf Purchase Unit
Orange County, Indiana
Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under Section
17, P.L. 94-588 (90 Stat. 2949), the Wesley Chapel Gulf Purchase Unit
is being created in Orange County, Indiana. The lands included within
this purchase unit are described as follows:
Township 2 North, Range 1 West
2nd Principal Meridian
Orangeville Township, Orange County, Indiana
Section 9
The West Half of the Northeast Quarter (W\1/2\ NE\1/4\) of
Section 9, Township 2 North, Range 1 West of the 2nd Principal
Meridian, except 20 acres in the northeast corner thereof described
as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said Half Quarter
section and running thence West 40 rods; thence South 80 rods;
thence East 40 rods to the east line of said Half Quarter section;
thence north along said east line 80 rods to the place of beginning,
containing 20 acres, except, also, 1 acre in the northwest corner of
said tract described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner
of said Quarter section and running thence east along the north line
thereof 16 rods; thence South 10 rods; thence West 16 rods to the
West line of said Quarter section; thence North along said West line
10 rods to the place of beginning, containing 1 acre, and containing
exclusive of said exceptions, 59 acres, more or less.
Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE\1/4\) of Section 9, Township 2
North, Range 1 West, of the 2nd Principal Meridian described as
follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said Quarter section
and running south along the west line thereof 20 rods; thence East
80 rods; thence North 20 rods; thence West 80 rods to the place of
beginning, containing 10 acres.
Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE\1/4\) of Section 9, Township 2
North, Range 1 West, of the 2nd Principal Meridian, described as
follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said Quarter section
and running thence West 80 rods; thence South 28 rods; thence East
80 rods to the east line of said Quarter section; thence north along
said east line 28 rods to the place of beginning, containing 14
acres, more or less, containing in all 83.00 acres, more or less.
A part of the Southeast Quarter (SE\1/4\) of Section 9, Township
2 North, Range 1 West, beginning at the Southeast corner of said
Section 9, and running north along said section line 132 rods;
thence West 80 rods; thence North 8 rods; thence West 80 rods;
thence South along the half mile section line 140 rods; thence East
along the section line of said section, 160 rods to the place of
beginning, containing in all 136 acres, more or less.
Excepting Therefrom
A part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW\1/
4\ SE\1/4\) of Section 9, Township 2 North, Range 1 West, in
Orangeville Township, Orange County, Indiana, described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of property in Deed Record
Book 110, pages 100-101, being also at the intersection of a fence
line 20 rods south of the northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter
with County Road #350-West; thence East about 990 feet along said
fence line to a fence line west of the barn; thence South 470 feet
along said fence to the intersection with the fence along the south
line of this property; thence west about 990 feet to said Quarter
line; thence North 470 feet along said line to point of beginning,
containing 10.7 acres, more or less.
Also Excepting Therefrom
A part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter (N\1/2\ SE\1/
4\) of Section 9, Township 2 North, Range 1 West, of Orangeville
Township, Orange County, Indiana.
Beginning at the northwest corner of property in Deed Record
Book 110, pages 100-101, being also at the intersection of a fence
line 20 rods south of the northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter
with County Road #350 West; thence East about 990 feet along said
fence line to a fence line west of the barn to point of beginning
proper; thence South 470 feet along said fence to the intersection
with the fence along the south line of this property; thence East
410 feet; thence North 470 feet to the line 20 rods South of the
Quarter line; thence West 410 feet to the point of beginning proper.
Containing 4.42 acres, more or less.
Also Excepting Therefrom:
A part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter (N\1/2\ SE\1/
4\) of Section 9, Township 2 North, Range 1 West, Orangeville
Township, Orange County, Indiana.
Beginning on the fence line that is the south line of Deed
Record Book 148, pages 748-749, that intersects County Road #350
West, which is 48 rods, more or less, south of the northwest corner
of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 9; thence East 1400 feet
along said fence line to the southeast corner of Deed Record Book
155, pages 254-255; thence South 470 feet along a line extended from
the fence on the east line of said deed record; thence West 1400
feet along a line parallel with existing fence line to County Road
#350 West and Quarter line; thence North 470 feet along said Quarter
line and county road to the point of beginning. Containing 15.1
acres, more or less.
The lands within the Wesley Chapel Gulf Purchase Unit total
188.88 acres, more or less. These lands are well suited for
watershed protection and meet the requirements of the Act of March
1, 1911, as amended.
Dated: October 28, 1996.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 96-28089 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]
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