[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11398]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice--acceptance of concurrent jurisdiction.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Alabama has conveyed
to the National Park Service (NPS) concurrent jurisdiction over all the
lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of Little River Canyon
National Preserve, Alabama.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Concurrent jurisdiction, pursuant to the Agreement
discussed below, became effective on March 28, 1996, upon the
acceptance by the NPS from the Governor of Alabama.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Little River Canyon
National Preserve, Fort Payne, Alabama 35967. Telephone 205-997-9239.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 26, 1981, the United States, acting
in accordance with provisions of 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1a-3 and 40 U.S.C.
Sec. 255, and the State of Alabama, acting in accordance with Sec. 42-
3-1 Code of Alabama 1975, entered into an Agreement, whereby concurrent
jurisdiction was established over lands and waters within certain
specified units of the National Park System within the State of
Alabama.
Paragraph IV on page 3 of the Agreement provides ``That if pursuant
to an Act of the United States Congress, additional National Park
Service units, not set out herein, are created within the State of
Alabama, that this agreement may be modified by amendment to
incorporate these subsequently created units into the said Agreement,
making the units subject to the terms and conditions contained in the
said Agreement''.
Based on this Agreement, the United States and the State of Alabama
have determined that it is to their mutual benefit to amend the
aforementioned Agreement for the purposes of establishing concurrent
jurisdiction for Little River Canyon National Preserve. Governor Fob
James of the State of Alabama conveyed concurrent jurisdiction over all
the lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of Little River
Canyon National Preserve through an amendment to the existing Agreement
of concurrent jurisdiction over lands and waters within National Park
System units in the State of Alabama. On March 28, 1996, Roger G.
Kennedy, Director of the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior accepted this jurisdiction from the State of Alabama.
Dated: April 16, 1996.
Chris L. Andress,
Acting Associate Director, Park Operations and Education, National Park
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11398 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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