[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11628]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: May 13, 1994]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

 

Acceptance of Concurrent Jurisdiction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of jurisdiction changes in Accomack 
County, Virginia, that affects Federally managed lands and waters 
within Assateague Island National Seashore, Chincoteague National 
Wildlife Refuge, and Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge.

DATES: Concurrent jurisdiction on the above mentioned lands and waters 
pursuant to the Deed of Cession, as further discussed below, became 
effective upon acceptance by the National Park Service and the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the subsequent recording of the 
Deed in Accomack County, Virginia on December 17, 1993, at 1:20 p.m.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 1993, a Deed of Cession of 
jurisdiction changes in Accomack County, Virginia was recorded in the 
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Accomack County, Virginia at 
1:20 p.m. The Deed of Cession cedes to the United States concurrent 
jurisdiction over those portions of Assateague Island National 
Seashore, managed by the National Park Service, and Chincoteague 
National Wildlife Refuge and Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge, 
managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Acting upon a 
request of the National Park Service and the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service to convey concurrent jurisdiction over lands and 
waters situated within the administrative boundaries of the above 
mentioned Federal reserves, the Deed of Cession was signed on February 
24, 1993, by then Governor of Virginia, the Honorable L. Douglas 
Wilder, and by then attorney General of Virginia, Stephen D. Rosenthal, 
pursuant to the authority conferred upon them by section 7.1-21 of the 
Code of Virginia. The jurisdiction cession was accepted on September 
15, 1993 by Roger G. Kennedy, Director of the National Park Service, 
and Richard N. Smith, Deputy Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, pursuant to the authority 
conferred by section 255 of title 40 of the United States Code.

    Dated: April 18, 1994.
Michael Finley,
Acting Associate Director, Operations National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11628 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-M