[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19452]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Exchange of Federal Property 
for Private Property, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, 1978 
Island Ford Parkway, Dunwoody, Georgia 30350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comments will be accepted for a 
period of 45 days from the date of this notice.
    I. The following described Federally-owned lands which were 
acquired by the National Park Service have been determined to be 
suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority of this exchange is 
the Act of August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii, et. seq.) which 
established Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA).
    The selected Federal lands lie within the boundaries of the Gold 
Branch unit of the CRNRA and are generally described as follows:
    A parcel of land containing 26.65 acres of land located on Lower 
Roswell Road and Surrey Trail, Cobb County, Georgia.
    The lands have been surveyed for cultural resources and endangered 
and threatened species. An Environmental Assessment has been prepared 
that indicates this property be exchanged as the preferred alternative.
    Both the surface and the mineral estates are to be exchanged. There 
are no leases or permits affecting these lands.
    II. In exchange for the lands identified in Paragraph I the United 
States of America will acquire two parcels lying within the boundary of 
CRNRA. Acquisition of these lands will consolidate three non-contiguous 
tracts in the Gold Branch Unit and will facilitate access to the 
Chattahoochee River and property already owned by the United States in 
the Holcomb Bridge Unit. Both the surface and mineral estates are to be 
exchanges and these lands will be administered by the National Park 
Service as a part of the CRNRA upon completion of the exchange. The 
lands are being acquired in fee simple subject only to rights-of-way 
and easements of records.
    The lands to be acquired by the United States of America are 
generally described as follows: A parcel containing 4.45 acres located 
on Lower Roswell Road, Cobb County, Georgia identified as Tract 105-11 
and a parcel containing 2.63 acres located on Holcomb Bridge Road, 
Gwinnett County, Georgia identified as Trace 108-16.
    The value of the properties to be exchanged shall be determined by 
a current fair market value appraisal and if they are not approximately 
equal, the values shall be equalized by payment of cash and/or donation 
as circumstances require.
    Detailed information concerning this exchange including precise 
legal description, Land Protection Plan, environmental assessment, and 
cultural reports are available at the address identified above.
    For a period of 45 calendar days from the date of this notice, 
interested parties may submit comments to the above address. 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 
the Interior.

    Dated: July 20, 1995.
Frank Catroppa,
Field Director, Southeast Area.
[FR Doc. 95-19452 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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