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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Big Thicket National Preserve; Revision of Preserve Boundary at 
Beech Creek Unit

    Section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1993, (107 Stat. 229) provides that 
after advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
United States House of Representatives, in writing, the Secretary of 
the Interior may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the preserve 
when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary 
description in the Federal Register. It is desired to make such a minor 
revision in the boundary of the 5,089 acre Beech Creek Unit by adding a 
99.92 acre parcel located adjacent to the northwest portion of the 
unit. This addition will serve to complete the capture of a significant 
tributary of Beech Creek entirely within the unit. It will also add the 
final area of substantial wetlands that adjoin the unit. The owner, 
Champion International Corporation, has made a formal request for the 
Government to acquire this property because they have been unable, over 
a period of 15 years, to gain legal access to the tract to manage and 
harvest the timber as they do their other properties. It is considered 
that the wetlands and biological resources contained within this 99.92 
acre addition will make a worthwhile contribution to the preserve. The 
specific lands proposed for addition are described as follows:

Tract No. 102-09

    All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and situate in the 
County of Tyler, Texas, being 99.92 acres, more or less, out of the 
William Prescott Survey, A-517, and being more particularly described 
as follows:
    Beginning at a concrete monument marking the Northeast corner of 
the William Prescott Survey, A-517, from which a Government marker 
bears South 03 deg.44'48'' East 2.00 feet, said Point of Beginning 
having Texas State Plane Coordinates, Central Zone, North 451,465.20 
and East 3,921,202.40 for the Northeast corner of this tract;
    Thence with the East line of the William Prescott Survey, A-517, 
South 03 deg.44'48'' East a distance of 1,557.20 feet to a concrete 
monument marking the Northwest corner of the W. C. Hooker Survey A-360 
and the Southwest corner of the John B. Dodd, Survey, A-215, from which 
a Government marker bears South 04 deg.21'12'' East 2.00 feet;
    Thence continuing with the East line of the said Prescott Survey, 
South 04 deg.21'12'' East 202.72 feet to a concrete monument marking 
the Southwest corner of Lot 1 out of said Dodd Survey, from which a 
Government marker bears North 86 deg.37'55'' East 2.00 feet;
    Thence with the Boundary Line of Big Thicket National Preserve and 
continuing with the East line of said Prescott Survey, South 
04 deg.21'12'' East 497.27 feet to a Point for the Southeast corner of 
this tract;
    Thence continuing with said Boundary Line South 86 deg.02'03'' West 
1930.95 feet to a Point for the Southwest corner of this tract;
    Thence continuing with said Boundary Line North 03 deg.56'05'' West 
2,257.16 to an iron pipe on the North line of the said Prescott Survey, 
for the Northwest corner of this tract, from which a Government marker 
bears South 86 deg.02'37'' West 2.00 feet;
    Thence with the North line of said Prescott Survey, North 
86 deg.02'03'' East at 1,254.84 feet a Government marker, a total 
distance of 1,930.95 feet to the Point of Beginning.
    All bearings are based on Texas State Plane Coordinate System--
Central Zone.
    Containing 99.92 acres of land, more or less. Therefore, notice is 
hereby given that in accordance with the Act of July 1, 1993, the 
boundary of the Beech Creek Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve is 
revised as described above, and as shown on Big Thicket National 
Preserve land acquisition status map, segment 102. This map is on file 
and available for inspection in the office of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; the Office of the Southwest 
Region, National Park Service; and the Office of the Superintendent, 
Big Thicket National Preserve.

    Dated: January 13, 1994.
John E. Cook,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-7741 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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