[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17891]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Availability and 30-day Comment Period on an Environmental 
Assessment for a proposed Exchange of Interests in Lands between the 
National Park Service and Georgetown University

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an environmental assessment and a 30-
day comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of an environmental 
assessment for a proposed exchange of interests in lands between the 
National Park Service and Georgetown University.
    Written comments on the EA should be received no later than August 
21, 1995. A 30-day no action period will follow this comment period and 
end on September 20, 1995. Written comments on the EA should be 
submitted to Mr. Robert Stanton; Field Director, National Capital Area; 
1100 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20242.
    Copies of the EA are available for review between the hours of 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday at the following locations: 
Office of Stewardship and Partnerships; National Capital Area; National 
Park Service; 1100 Ohio Drive SW., room 201; Washington, DC 20242; and 
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Headquarters, 
Sharpsburg, Maryland 21782. A limited number of copies of the EA are 
available on request from Mr. Glenn DeMarr, Office of Stewardship and 
Partnerships, room 201; 1100 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC. Inquiries 
should be directed to Mr. Glenn DeMarr at the above address or on (202) 
619-7027.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal is for the exchange of 
interests in lands between the National Park Service and Georgetown 
University. The National Park Service intends to obtain from Georgetown 
University, fee interest in an inholding containing mature, native 
vegetation and wildlife located within the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal 
National Historical Park. In exchange, the National Park Service will 
convey to Georgetown University, a fee interest in another tract in the 
already developed portion of the waterfront of the Georgetown section 
of the C&O Canal National Historical Park.
    The primary purposes of the proposed exchange are: (1) To allow the 
National Park Service to acquire and thereby preclude from development, 
a largely undisturbed inholding featuring mature trees and native 
vegetation and wildlife, and avoid the disruption of adjacent parkland 
from regular recreational activities of Georgetown University that 
could occur on this tract; and (2) consistent with National Park 
Service studies and regional planning, to provide for placement of a 
non-motorized boating facility in furtherance of the recreational 
mandate of the C&O Canal National Historical Park Act, on property with 
less developed natural features.
    By acquiring Georgetown University's tract of land, the National 
Park Service can ensure that the tract will remain in its present 
undeveloped condition, consistent with long-term planning for the area. 
Placement of a non-motorized boating facility on the other tract 
conforms with the conclusions reached in prior recreational boating 
studies.

    Dated: July 14, 1995.
Terry R. Carlstrow,
Acting Field Director, National Capital Area.
[FR Doc. 95-17891 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]
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