99-10620. Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Table Rock Lake Reservoir Project; Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 22831-22833]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-10620]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Forest Service
    
    
    Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Table Rock Lake 
    Reservoir Project; Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
    
    AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Notice of land interchange.
    
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    SUMMARY: On August 25, 1998, and December 24, 1998, the Secretary of 
    the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, signed a joint 
    interchange order authorizing the transfer of administrative 
    jurisdiction of 4,556.81 acres, more or less, lying within and adjacent 
    to the Mark Twain National Forest in Stone and Barry Counties, 
    Missouri, from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the 
    Army. Further, the order transfers from the Department of the Army to 
    the Department of Agriculture 68.32 acres, more or less, within and 
    adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the Mark Twain National Forest, 
    Stone County, Missouri, for inclusion in the Mark Twain National 
    Forest. 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, and Exhibits A and C, which describe the 
    lands being conveyed, are set out at the end of this notice.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective April 28, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, 4 
    South, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090, 
    Telephone: (202) 205-1362.
    
        Dated: April 20, 1999.
    Gloria Manning,
    Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest Systems.
    
    Department of the Army
    
    Department of Agriculture
    
    Table Rock Lake, Missouri
    
    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 Exhibit B (maps are on 
    file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, 
    USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C.), which lie within and 
    adjacent to the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri 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 operation of the Table Rock Lake Project.
        (2) The lands under the jurisdiction of the USDA Forest Service, 
    described in Exhibit C and shown on Exhibit D (maps are on file and 
    available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, USDA 
    Forest Service, Washington, D.C.) which lie within and adjacent to 
    the Table Rock Lake Project, Missouri, are hereby transferred from 
    the Secretary of Agriculture to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
    the Army.
        (3) Pursuant to Section 2 of the aforementioned 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 Table Rock Lake 
    Project, Missouri. The Department of 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 the date of publication in 
    the Federal Register.
    
        Dated: August 25, 1998.
    Louis Caldera,
    Secretary of the Army.
    
        Dated: December 24, 1998.
    Dan Glickman,
    Secretary of Agriculture.
    
    Exhibit A--Description of Corps of Engineers Lands Affected by 
    Piney Creek Wilderness
    
        Acres of Corps of Engineers ownership in the following described 
    sectional subdivisions and acres of Corps of Engineers ownership within 
    Piney Creek Wilderness to be conveyed to the Mark Twain National 
    Forest:
    
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                                                        COE acres     COE acres to
                                                          owned      convey to USFS          COE segment map
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    Stone County, Missouri:
        T 23 N, R 24 W
            Sec. 19: SW\1/4\.......................           17.5            17.5   U
    Barry County, Missouri:
        T 23 N, R 25 W
            Sec. 24: SW NE, N\1/2\ SE..............           25.32           25.32  U
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        Acres over which the Corps of Engineers possesses a flowage 
    easement in the following described sectional subdivisions and acres of 
    flowage easement within Piney Creek Wilderness to be conveyed to the 
    Mark Twain National Forest:
    
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                                                                        COE acres
                                                        COE acres      easement to           COE segment map
                                                        easement          USFS
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    Barry County, Missouri:
        T 23 N, R 25 W
            Sec. 24: N\1/2\ SE, N\1/2\ SW, S\1/2\             25.5            25.5   U
             NW, SW NE.
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    Total COE acres in fee.........................................    42.82
    Total COE acres of flow easement...............................    25.50
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    Total COE acres involved.......................................    68.32
     
    
    Exhibit C--Description of National Forest Lands Affected by Table 
    Rock Reservoir Project
    
        Acres of National Forest ownership in the following described 
    sectional subdivisions and acres of National Forest ownership on or 
    below the 936-foot m.s.l. contour and within the Cow Creek Area to be 
    conveyed to the Corps of Engineers:
    
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                                                       N.F. acres     N.F. acres to
                                                          owned       convey to COE          COE segment map
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    Stone County, Missouri:
        T 21 N, R 23 W
            Sec. 5: NW NW..........................           40.0             2.0   I
        T 22 N, R 23 W
            Sec. 1: E\1/2\ Lot 1 & 2 NW, NW SW, NW           159.33           18.9   B
             SE.
            Sec. 5: W\1/2\ LOT 2 NW................           38.54            2.6   G
            Sec. 6: NW\1/4\ (north of James River),           76.2            76.2   H
             NW SE, N\1/2\ SW (north of James
             River), plus all that part of the
             above sectional subdivisions lying
             above the 936-foot m.s.l. contour and
             described as exceptions in the
             attached Exchange Deed labeled
             McGuire, dated April 18, 1986 and
             filed for record in Book 181, at Page
             1860, Stone County Recorder's Office.
            Sec. 12: W\1/2\ NW, N\1/2\ SW, SW SW,             48.4            48.4   B
             plus all that part of the above
             sectional subdivisions lying above the
             936-foot m.s.l. contour and described
             as exceptions in the attached Exchange
             Deed labeled Plaster, dated April 17,
             1990 and filed for record in Book 198,
             at Page 1629, Stone County Recorder's
             Office.
            Sec. 24: NE NE, S\1/2\ NE..............          120.0            17.0   D
            Sec. 25: NE NE, SW NE..................           80.0            16.9   D
            Sec. 27: SW NW.........................           40.0              .1   E
            Sec. 31: SW NW, NW SW..................           95.25           92.25  I
        T 23 N, R 23 W
            Sec. 19: Lot 1 NW, Lot 2 SW, N\1/2\ Lot          278.7            22.2   G
             1 SW, W\1/2\ NE.
            Sec. 20: N\1/2\ SE.....................           80.0             4.6   G
            Sec. 21: N\1/2\ NW including that part            80.0             3.2   G
             of the NE NW lying above the 936 foot
             m.s.l. contour and south of Aunt's
             Creek.
            Sec. 32: SW SW.........................           40.0             2.5   G
            Sec. 34: SE\1/4\, including that part             81.57           81.57  F
             of the SE\1/4\ lying above the 936-
             foot m.s.l. contour and below the
             Corps of Engineers Management line,
             which is more particularly described
             in the attached legal description
             labeled Collins Ranch.
            Sec. 35: NW SW, including that part of              .2              .2   F
             the NW SW lying above the 936-foot
             m.s.l. contour and below the Corps of
             Engineers Management line, which is
             more particularly described in the
             attached legal description labeled
             Collins Ranch.
        T 21 N, R 24 W
            Sec. 1: SW NW as described in the                 12.82           12.82  I
             attached legal description labeled KK
             Kamps, which includes lands above and
             below the 936 foot m.s.l. contour.
    
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        T 22 N, R 24 W
            Sec. 3: SW\1/4\, SW SE.................          200.0            28.9   S
            Sec. 4: E\1/2\ Lot 1 NE, W\1/2\ Lot 2            159.85           49.5   S
             NE, Lot 1 NW.
            Sec. 5: Lot 1 NE, Lot 2 NW.............          162.41           10.2   S
            Sec. 6: S\1/2\ Lots 1 & 2 SW...........           80.39            3.0   CC
            Sec. 7: W\1/2\ NE, S\1/2\ Lot 1 NW, N\1/         280.44           79.1   CC
             2\ Lot 2 NW, S\1/2\ Lot 1 SW, Lot 2 SW.
            Sec. 8: S\1/2\ NE, E\1/2\ SE, SW NW....          200.0            64.0   S
            Sec. 9: N\1/2\ SE SE, NW SW............           60.0            13.0   S
            Sec. 10: SE NE.........................           40.0             3.7   S
            Sec. 11: S\1/2\ NW, SW NE..............          120.0            15.5   S
            Sec. 15: NW SE, W\1/2\ NW..............          120.0            10.6   R
            Sec. 18: N\1/2\ NE, SE NE..............          120.0            50.8   CC
            Sec. 21: Lot 1 SE as described in the             20.67           20.67  R
             attached legal description labeled
             McFarlin, which includes lands above
             and below the 936 foot m.s.l. contour.
            Sec. 25: NE NE.........................           40.0            15.0   I
            Sec. 32: W\1/2\ SE, SW\1/4\, S\1/2\ NW,          340.0            72.4   DD
             W\1/2\ NW NW.
            Sec. 36: SE SE.........................           40.0            40.0   I
        T 23 N, R 24 W
            Sec. 20: NW NE, S\1/2\ SE, NE SW.......          160.0            16.7   U
            Sec. 23: NE NE, SW NE, NE SE, SE NW....          160.0            81.25  T
            Sec. 24: W\1/2\ SE, SW\1/4\ W\1/2\ NW..          240.0            92.0   G
                                                              80.0            80.0   T
            Sec. 27: W\1/2\ SE.....................           80.0             7.2   T
            Sec. 28: NE NE.........................           40.0             8.6   T
            Sec. 29: NE\1/4\.......................          158.0            50.0   U
                Total--Stone County, other than Cow  ..............         1213.56
                 Creek block.
    Barry County, Missouri:
        T 21 N, R 25 W
            Sec. 13: Lot 1.........................            7.56            7.56  GG
        T 22 N, R 25 W
            Sec. 1: W\1/2\ SE, SE SW...............          120.0             4.8   CC
            Sec. 12: SE\1/4\.......................          160.0            14.8   CC
            Sec. 13: NE NE, SW\1/4\................          127.7            15.4   CC
        T 21 N, R 26 W
            Sec. 29: NE NE.........................           40.0             2.1   MM
        T 22 N, R 26 W
            Sec. 26: SE SE.........................           40.0             3.8   JJ
                Total--Barry County................  ..............           48.46
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    Stone County Lands (Less Cow Creek)..........................    1213.56
    Barry County Lands...........................................      48.46
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    Grand Total (acres)..........................................    1262.02
     
    
    Description of National Forest Lands Within the Cow Creek Block
    
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                                                                      N.F. acres to
                                                       N.F. acres    be conveyed to          COE segment map
                                                        acquired           COE
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    Stone County, Missouri, Cow Creek:
        T 21 N, R 23 W
            Sec. 1: All except NW SW...............          600.0           600.0   E
            Sec. 2: All except N\1/2\ NE, NW NW, NE          479.0           479.0   E
             SE & except 1 square acre in the NE
             corner of the SW NE.
            Sec. 3: E\1/2\ SE, S\1/2\ NE, NW NE, NW          240.0           240.0   E
             NW.
            Sec. 4: NW NE..........................           40.0            40.0   ...............................
            Sec. 10: NE NE.........................           40.0            40.0   E
            Sec. 11: N\1/2\ N\1/2\.................          160.0           160.0   E
            Sec. 12: NE\1/4\ north of 86, E\1/2\             276.0           276.0   E
             NW, NW NW.
        T 22 N, R 23 W
            Sec. 26: SW SW.........................           40.0            40.0   E
            Sec. 27: S\1/2\ SW, part E\1/2\ SE.....          105.0           105.0   E
            Sec. 33: SE\1/4\ except NW SE..........          120.0           120.0   ...............................
            Sec. 34: All except SE SW, SW, SE, part          523.19          523.19  E
             E\1/2\ SE.
            Sec. 35: NW\1/4\, S\1/2\ NE, E\1/2\ SW.          320.0           320.0   E
            Sec. 36: S\1/2\ & part SE NE...........          351.6           351.6   E
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                Total--Cow Creek...................        3,294.79        3,294.79
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    [FR Doc. 99-10620 Filed 4-27-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-11-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
4/28/1999
Published:
04/28/1999
Department:
Forest Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of land interchange.
Document Number:
99-10620
Dates:
The order is effective April 28, 1999.
Pages:
22831-22833 (3 pages)
PDF File:
99-10620.pdf