99-19337. Public Land Order No. 7402; Transfer of Jurisdiction, Arches National Park Expansion; Utah  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
    [Notices]
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    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-19337]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Bureau of Land Management
    [UT-942-1430-01; UTU 75302]
    
    
    Public Land Order No. 7402; Transfer of Jurisdiction, Arches 
    National Park Expansion; Utah
    
    AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
    
    ACTION: Public land order.
    
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    SUMMARY: This order transfers jurisdiction of 3,140 acres of public 
    land from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service 
    for the expansion of Arches National Park. This transfer of 
    jurisdiction is directed by the Arches National Park Expansion Act of 
    1998 (Pub. L. 105-329).
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary von Koch, BLM Moab Field Office, 
    82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, 435-259-2128.
        By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
    by Public Law 105-329, it is ordered as follows:
        1. Subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction of the following 
    described public land, depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, 
    Arches National Park, Lost Spring Canyon Addition'', numbered 138/
    60,000-B, and dated April 1997, is hereby transferred to the National 
    Park Service for the expansion of Arches National Park:
    
    Salt Lake Meridian
    
        Those lands, within the indicated lots and aliquot parts, lying 
    below the 4600-foot contour line, except as noted:
    
    T. 23 S., R. 21 E.,
        Sec. 13, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
        Sec. 23, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
        Sec. 24, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
    S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\.
    T. 23 S., R. 22 E.,
        Sec. 18, lots 1, 2, and 3, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, NE\1/4\SW\1/
    4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
        Sec. 19, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
    4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/
    4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
        Sec. 20, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/
    4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\, deviating on the east from the 4600-foot 
    contour line;
        Sec. 30, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and E\1/2\.
    
        Those lands, within the indicated aliquot parts, lying below the 
    4800-foot contour line:
    
    T. 23 S., R. 22 E.,
        Sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
        Sec. 21, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
    4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
        Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
    N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
        Sec. 29.
    
        The area described contains approximately 3,140 acres in Grand 
    County.
    
        2. The following described State land is adjacent to Arches 
    National Park:
    
    Salt Lake Meridian
    
    T. 23 S., R. 22 E.,
        Sec. 16.
    
        The area described contains 640 acres in Grand County.
    
        In the event the land described above returns to Federal ownership, 
    jurisdiction of the land would automatically be transferred to the 
    National Park Service, upon acquisition, for expansion of Arches 
    National Park.
        3. Future use of the land described in Paragraph 1 and the land 
    described in Paragraph 2, if acquired by the United States, shall be in 
    accordance with and subject to the provisions of Public Law 92-155, as 
    amended by Public Law 105-329.
    
        Dated: July 15, 1999.
    John Berry,
    Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
    [FR Doc. 99-19337 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
7/29/1999
Published:
07/29/1999
Department:
Land Management Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Public land order.
Document Number:
99-19337
Dates:
July 29, 1999.
Pages:
41132-41132 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
UT-942-1430-01, UTU 75302
PDF File:
99-19337.pdf