[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13343]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Establishment of Ocmulgee Purchase Unit, Georgia

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of a Purchase Unit.

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SUMMARY: On April 10, 1995, the Deputy Under Secretary, Natural 
Resources and Environment, created the Ocmulgee Purchase Unit. This 
purchase unit comprises 10,000 acres, more or less, in Butts and Monroe 
Counties, Georgia. A copy of the establishment document, which includes 
the legal description of the lands within this purchase unit, appears 
at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of this purchase unit was April 10, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map showing this purchase unit is on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of Lands, 
Forest Service, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20090-6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph Bauman, Lands Staff, Forest Service USDA P.O. Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090, (202) 205-1248.

    Dated: May 25, 1995.
Janice H. McDougle,
Associate Deputy Chief.

Proposed Boundary Description for the Ocmulgee Purchase Unit, Butts and 
Monroe Counties, Georgia

    Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under Section 
17, P.L. 94-588 (90 Stat. 2949) the Ocmulgee Purchase Unit is being 
established and is described as follows:
    All that certain tract of land lying on the waters of the Ocmulgee 
River and being approximately 10,000 acres in Butts and Monroe 
Counties, Georgia, bounded on the north by Georgia Highway #16, east by 
said Ocmulgee River; on the south by Georgia Highway #83, and on the 
west by lines described as follows: (Distances recited are approximate)

BEGINNING in Monroe County at the intersection of Georgia Highway #83 
with Georgia Highway #87, aka U.S. Highway 23. Thence, along and with 
Highway 87 in a north-northwesterly direction 3 miles to the 
intersection of Highway 87 with Sandy Creek.
Thence, along and with the meanders of Sandy Creek, being the Monroe-
Butts County line, 1.0 mile in a general southeasterly direction to the 
intersection of Sandy Creek with Mt. Pleasant Road.
Thence, into Butts County along and with the meanders of Mt. Pleasant 
Road 1.5 miles in a general northwesterly direction to its intersection 
with Vicker Road.
Thence, along Vicker Road 1.8 miles in a general northerly direction to 
its intersection with Lamar's Mill Road.
Thence, along Lamar's Mill Road 3.3 miles in a general north-
northwesterly direction to its intersection with Giles Ferry Road.
Thence, along Giles Ferry Road about 100 yards in a southwest direction 
to its intersection with Dave Bailey Road.
Thence, along Dave Bailey Road 2.1 miles in a general northwesterly 
direction to Georgia Highway #16.
The proposed boundary for the Ocmulgee Purchase Unit is more 
particularly delineated on the map which is attached hereto and made a 
part hereof.

    These lands are well suited for watershed protection and meet the 
requirements of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended.

    Dated: April 10, 1995.
Adela Backiel,
Deputy Under Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-13343 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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