[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 17872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9865]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 23, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Sam Rayburn Dam and
Reservoir Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of joint interchange of lands.
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SUMMARY: On October 10, 1995, and January 11, 1996, the Secretary of
the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture respectively signed a joint
interchange order agreeing to the transfer of administrative
jurisdiction from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of
the Army of 36.286 acres, more or less, lying within the Angelina
National Forest in Jasper County, Texas, and from the Department of the
Army to the department of Agriculture of 48.29 acres, more or less
lying, within the exterior boundaries of the Sabine National Forest in
Sabine County, Texas. As required by the Act of July 26, 1956, Congress
has received 47 days advance notice of this action. A copy of the Joint
Order, as signed, appears at the end of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective April 23, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, Telephone: (202)
205-1362.
Dated: April 12, 1996.
Jerry A. Sesco,
Acting Chief.
Department of the Army
Department of Agriculture
Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas
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
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Army by Public Law 804 dated
July 26, 1956 (70 Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) it is ordered as
follows:
(1) The jurisdiction now held by the Secretary of the Army over
the Army lands described in Exhibits A and A-1, attached hereto and
made a part hereof, which lands are within the boundaries of the
Sabine National Forest, Texas, is hereby transferred from the
Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to
the Corps of Engineers' full, complete and perpetual right, power,
privilege and easement occasionally to overflow, flood and submerge
the land described in Exhibits A and A-1 lying below elevation 179'
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD), and its right to maintain
mosquito control as may be required in connection with the
construction, operation and maintenance of the Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Project, Texas, provided that no structures for human habitation
shall be constructed or maintained on said land, and that no other
structures shall be constructed or maintained on said land except as
may be approved in writing by the representatives of the United
States in charge of the Project, and that no excavation shall be
conducted and no landfill placed on the land without such approval
as to the location and method of excavation and/or placement of
landfill, provided further that any use of the land shall be subject
to Federal and State laws with respect to pollution.
(2) The jurisdiction now held by the Secretary of Agriculture
over the National Forest lands described in Exhibits B and B-1,
attached hereto and made a part hereof, which are a part of the
Angelina National Forest, Texas, is hereby transferred from the
Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Army, subject to
continued access thereover by the Forest Service as may be necessary
for National Forest purposes.
(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 Sam Rayburn
Reservoir Project, Texas. The Department of the Army lands
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture by this order are hereby
subject to the laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of
March 1, 1911 (38 Stat. 961), as amended, in addition to the laws
applicable to the Department of Army necessary to provide for flood
control as specified in paragraph 1 of this Order. Pursuant to
authority contained in section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911, the
Secretary of Agriculture hereby orders that those lands transferred
to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be administered as a part of
the Sabine National Forest, Texas.
This order will be effective as of date of publication in the
Federal Register.
Dated: October 10, 1995.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army.
Dated: January 11, 1996.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 96-9865 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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