[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-7257]
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[Federal Register: March 29, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Big Thicket National Preserve; Revision of Preserve Boundary at
Beech Creek Unit
Section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1993 (107 Stat. 229) provides that
after advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
United States House of Representatives, in writing, the Secretary of
the Interior may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the preserve
when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary
description in the Federal Register. It is desired to make such a minor
revision in the boundary of the 5,089 acre Beech Creek Unit by adding a
99.92 acre parcel located adjacent to the northwest portion of the
unit. This addition will serve to complete the capture of a significant
tributary of Beech Creek entirely within the unit. It will also add the
final area of substantial wetlands that adjoin the unit. The owner,
Champion International Corporation, has made a formal request for the
Government to acquire this property because they have been unable, over
a period of 15 years, to gain legal access to the tract to manage and
harvest the timber as they do their other properties. It is considered
that the wetlands and biological resources contained within this 99.92
acre addition will make a worthwhile contribution to the preserve. The
specific lands proposed for addition are described as follows:
Tract No. 102-09
All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and situate in the
County of Tyler, Texas, being 99.92 acres, more or less, out of the
William Prescott Survey, A-517, and being more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at a concrete monument marking the Northeast corner of
the William Prescott Survey, A-517, from which a Government marker
bears South 03 deg. 44' 48'' East 2.00 feet, said Point of Beginning
having Texas State Plane Coordinates, Central Zone, North 451,465.20
and East 3,921,202.40 for the Northeast corner of this tract;
Thence with the East line of the William Prescott Survey, A-517,
South 03 deg. 44' 48'' East a distance of 1,557.20 feet to a concrete
monument marking the Northwest corner of the W. C. Hooker Survey A-360
and the Southwest corner of the John B. Dodd, Survey, A-215, from which
a Government marker bears South 04 deg. 21' 12'' East 2.00 feet;
Thence continuing with the East line of the said Prescott Survey,
South 04 deg. 21' 12'' East 202.72 feet to a concrete monument marking
the Southwest corner of Lot 1 out of said Dodd Survey, from which a
Government marker bears North 86 deg. 37' 55'' East 2.00 feet;
Thence with the Boundary Line of Big Thicket National Preserve and
continuing with the East line of said Prescott Survey, South 04 deg.
21' 12'' East 497.27 feet to a Point for the Southeast corner of this
tract;
Thence continuing with said Boundary Line South 86 deg. 02' 03''
West 1930.95 feet to a Point for the Southwest corner of this tract;
Thence continuing with said Boundary Line North 03 deg. 56' 05''
West 2,257.16 feet to an iron pipe on the North line of the said
Prescott Survey, for the Northwest corner of this tract, from which a
Government marker bears South 86 deg. 02' 37'' West 2.00 feet;
Thence with the North line of said Prescott Survey, North 86 deg.
02' 03'' East at 1,254.84 feet a Government marker, a total distance of
1,930.95 feet to the Point of Beginning.
All bearings are based on Texas State Plane Coordinate System--
Central Zone.
Containing 99.92 acres of land, more or less.
Therefore, notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Act of
July 1, 1993, the boundary of the Beech Creek Unit of Big Thicket
National Preserve is revised as described above, and as shown on Big
Thicket National Preserve land acquisition status map, segment 102.
This map is on file and available for inspection in the office of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; the Office of the
Southwest Region, National Park Service; and the Office of the
Superintendent, Big Thicket National Preserve.
Dated: January 13, 1994.
John E. Cook,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-7257 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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