[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23991]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
National Park Service
Appalachian National Scenic Trail--Notice of Realty Action
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a proposed exchange of fee simple title
in federally-owned lands for fee simple title in private lands both
located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The exchange will protect .17
of a mile of trail footpath and eliminate a vehicular access across the
Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
I. The following described interest acquired by the National Park
Service, has been determined to be suitable for disposal by exchange.
The selected Federal land is within the boundaries for the Appalachian
National Scenic Trail. The land has been surveyed for cultural
resources and endangered and threatened species. These reports are
available upon request.
A fee interest in the following property is to be exchanged: Tract
195-29 is a 2.25 acre portion of the land acquired by the United States
of America by deed recorded at Deed Book 1500, Page 894, in the Grafton
County Registry of Deeds, State of New Hampshire. The United States
will also resolve a potential claim to adjacent Dartmouth College lands
which was disclosed by a recent survey. The potential claim involves
3.53 acres and will be settled as part of the exchange process.
Conveyance by the United States will be done by a Quitclaim Deed.
II. In exchange for the interests described in Paragraph I above,
the Trustees of Dartmouth College will convey to the United States of
America fee simple title and a vehicular access across federal lands
within the boundaries of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
The interest in land to be acquired by the United States of America
is described as follows: Tract 195-27, being fee simple title to 1.51
acres acquired by the trustees of Dartmouth College by deed recorded in
Deed Book 1040, Page 395, in the Grafton County Registry of Deeds,
State of New Hampshire. Also to be acquired is Tract 199-23, being fee
simple title to 13.89 acres acquired by the Trustees of Dartmouth
College by deeds recorded in Deed Book 1237, Page 366 and Deed Book
1049, Page 308 in the Grafton County Registry of Deeds, State of New
Hampshire. This will include a vehicular right-of-way owned by
Dartmouth College across other lands of the United States within the
boundaries of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail as described in
Deed Book 1797, Page 867 in Grafton County Register of Deeds, State of
New Hampshire. The conveyance to the United States will be done by
General Warranty Deed.
The value of the interests to be exchanged shall be determined by
current fair market value appraisals and if they are not appropriately
equal, the values shall be equalized by a cash payment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for this exchange is Section
5(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments in Pub. L.
90-401, approved July 15, 1968, and Section 7(f) of the National Trails
System Act, Pub. L. 90-543, as amended.
Detailed information concerning this exchange including precise
legal descriptions, Land Protection Plan and cultural reports, are
available at the address below.
For a period of 45 days from the date of this notice, interested
parties may submit written comments to the address below. Adverse
comments will be evaluated and this action may be modified or vacated
accordingly. In the absence of any action to modify or vacate, this
realty action will become the final determination of the Department of
Interior.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief, Acquisition Division, National
Park Service, AT/LAFO, PO Box 908, Martinsburg, WV 25402, (304) 263-
4943.
Dated: June 10, 1998.
Pamela Underhill,
Park Manager, Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
[FR Doc. 98-23991 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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