[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56560-56561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27768]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Lake Ouachita Reservoir
Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; land interchange.
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SUMMARY: On May 18, 1995, and August 21, 1995, the Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of Agriculture respectively signed a joint
interchange order agreeing to the transfer of administrative
jurisdiction of 110 acres, more or less, from the Department of
Agriculture to the Department of the Army lying within and adjacent to
the Ouachita National Forest in Garland and Montgomery Counties,
Arkansas, and 88.93 acres, more or less, from the Department of the
Army to the Department of Agriculture within and adjacent to the
exterior boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, Montgomery County,
Arkansas. The 45-day Congressional oversight requirement of the Act of
July 26, 1956 (70 Stat. 656, 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) has been met. A copy
of the Joint Order, as signed, appears at the end of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective November 9, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, 4 South, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box
96090, Washington, D.C. 20250, Telephone: (202) 205-1362.
Dated: November 2, 1995.
Gray F. Reynolds,
Deputy Chief for National Forest System.
Appendix
Department of the Army, Department of Agriculture, Lake Ouachita,
Arkansas
Joint Order Interchanging Administrative Jurisdiction of Department of
the Army Lands and National Forest Lands
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Army and
the Secretary of Agriculture by the Act of July 26, 1956, (70 Stat.
656; 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) it is ordered as follows:
(1) The lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army
described in Exhibit A and shown on Part 2 of Exhibit C, a map on file
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, US
Forest Service, Washington, D.C., which lie within and adjacent to the
Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, are hereby transferred from the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army to the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Agriculture, subject to outstanding rights or interests of
record and to such flooding as may occur from the construction,
maintenance, and operation of the Lake Ouachita Reservoir Project.
(2) The National Forest lands described in Exhibit B and shown on
Parts 1 and 2 of Exhibit C, maps on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Chief, US Forest Service, Washington,
D.C., which lie within and adjacent to the Lake Ouachita Reservoir
Project, Arkansas, are hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Agriculture to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Army.
(3) Pursuant to Section 2 of the aforesaid Act of July 26, 1956,
the National Forest lands transferred to the Secretary of the Army by
this order are hereafter subject only to the laws applicable to the
Department of the Army lands comprising the Ouachita Reservoir Project,
Arkansas. The Department of the Army lands transferred to the Secretary
of Agriculture by this order are hereafter subject only to the laws
applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat.
961), as amended.
This order will be effective as of date of publication in the
Federal Register.
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Dated: May 18, 1995.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army.
Dated: August 21, 1995.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Exhibit A
Lands Transferred From the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of
Agriculture
Lands acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Blakely
Dam--Lake Ouachita Reservoir Project, Arkansas, as follows:
That portion of the following described lands lying below the 610-
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and being more
particularly described as follows:
T1S, R24W, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Section 19: pt. SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. S\1/2\NE\1/4\ less the
private lands in the SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\ containing approximately 12
acres; pt. NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all below 610' NGVD
containing approximately 60.92 acres.
Section 20: pt. SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\ below 610' NGVD containing
approximately 12 acres.
Section 30: pt. NW\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. SW\1/
4\ NE\1/4\ all below 610' NGVD containing approximately 16.01 acres.
Approximate Total Acreage--89 Acres.
Exhibit B
Lands Transferred From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of
the Army
Lands acquired by the Department of Agriculture for and in
connection with the Ouachita National Forest, as follows:
That portion of the following described lands lying below the 610-
fee National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and being more particularly
described as follows:
T1S, R24W, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Section 20: pt. NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\
SW\1/4\; pt. SW\1/4\ NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD containing
approximately 10 acres.
T2S, R21W, Garland County, Arkansas
Section 4: pt. SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. S\1/2\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/
4\; p. NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD.
Section 9: pt. E\1/2\ NW\1/4\*; pt. NW\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. NE\1/4\
NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD containing approximately
100 acres.
Approximate Total Acreage--110 Acres.
*Part of the SENW has Public Domain Status.
[FR Doc. 95-27768 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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