[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52276-52289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24958]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Willow Island Locks and
Dam Project, Wayne National Forest, Ohio
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of land interchanges.
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SUMMARY: On July 27, 1998, and July 6, 1999, the Secretary of the Army
and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, signed a joint
interchange order authorizing the transfer of administrative
jurisdiction of 63.12 acres, more or less, lying within the Wayne
National Forest in Washington County, Ohio, from the Department of
Agriculture to the Department of the Army. Furthermore, the order
transfers from the Department of the Army to the Department of
Agriculture 23.74 acres, more or less, lying adjacent to the exterior
boundaries of the Wayne National Forest, Washington County, Ohio, for
inclusion in the Wayne 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, B, and C, which describe the lands and interests
therein being conveyed, are set out at the end of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective September 28, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, Forest
Service, USDA, PO Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090, Telephone:
(202) 205-1362.
Dated: September 3, 1999.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WILLOW ISLAND LOCKS AND DAM, WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
OHIO
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 in the Secretary of Agriculture by the Act of July 26, 1956 (70
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Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. Sections 505a and 505b), as amended, it is
ordered as follows:
(1) The lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
Army identified in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part
hereof, are hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Army to the jurisdiction of the Department of
Agriculture, subject to outstanding rights or interests of record,
and flowage easement rights over the portion of the premises below
elevation 608 feet mean sea level, as set out in Exhibit B. These
lands were acquired by the United States in connection with the
Willow Island Locks and Dam Project and are adjacent to the exterior
boundary of the Wayne National Forest, Ohio.
(2) Flowage easements described in Exhibit B, over the lands
identified in Exhibit C, attached hereto and made a part hereof, are
hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army,
subject to outstanding rights or easements of record. The Secretary
of Agriculture retains such rights in said lands as are not
inconsistent with the flowage easement rights transferred herein.
These lands are a part of the Wayne National Forest, Ohio, and are
subject to flooding by the operation of the Willow Island Locks and
Dam project.
(3) Pursuant to Section 2 of the aforesaid Act of July 26, 1956,
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. The interests in land transferred to the Secretary of the
Army by this order shall hereafter be subject to the laws applicable
to the Department of the Army lands comprising the Willow Island
Locks and Dam project.
This order will be effective as of the date of publication in
the Federal Register.
Dated: July 27, 1998.
Louis Caldera,
Secretary of the Army.
Dated: July 6, 1999.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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[FR Doc. 99-24958 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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