[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47932-47933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22999]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Intent To Adjust the Boundary of the South Slough 
National Estuarine Research Reserve

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of 
Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Division of State Lands, of 
the State of Oregon, intends to make minor adjustments to the boundary 
of the South Slough National Estuarine Research (SSNERR) in Coos Bay, 
Oregon. The need for the boundary adjustments stems from the July, 1991 
discovery that a landowner adjacent to the SSNERR had encroached on 
approximately three and one half acres owned by the Reserve. The 
landowner has agreed to transfer to SSNERR property adjacent to the 
Reserve. In exchange, the SSNERR will grant to the landowner the 
encroached-upon land. In addition, The Division of State Lands is also 
granting tidelands to the SSNERR to ensure that there is no net loss of 
property within the SSNERR, either in terms of market or ecological 
value of lands. These actions were designed to resolve the encroachment 
issue in a manner that will protect the natural integrity of the 
Reserve, while enabling the landowner to retain access to, and use of, 
the roads, structures, and utilities he developed on Reserve property.
    The delineation of the property that will be removed from the 
boundary of the SSNERR and granted to the encroaching land owner is 
identified as follows:

    Beginning at a \3/4\'' iron pipe which marks the center \1/4\ 
corner of Section 13, Township 26 South, Range 14 West of the 
Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon:

Thence South 69 deg.53'22'' East for a distance of 85.23 feet;
Thence South 02 deg.25'33'' East for a distance of 498.92 feet;
Thence South 88 deg.03'51'' East for a distance of 299.89 feet;
Thence North 24 deg.46'16'' East for a distance of 351.55 feet;
Thence West for a distance of 360.17 feet;
Thence North for a distance of 218.7 feet to the North line of the 
Southeast \1/4\ of said Section 13;
Thence West along said North line for a distance of 188.0 feet back 
to the point of beginning. Said parcel containing 3.3 acres more or 
less.

    The delineation of the tidelands proposed to be added to the SSNERR 
by the Division of State Lands is as follows:
    All submerged lands in the South Slough arm of Coos Bay, Township 
26 South, Range 14, West 14, Willamette Meridan, more particularly 
described as follows:

Beginning at a point which is the intersection of Township 26 South, 
Range 14 West, Sections 14, 15, and 23; thence East 1,283 feet to a 
point; thence North 2 deg., 36' East, 1279.60 feet to the Southwest 
one-sixteen point on Section 14; thence East 1,313.36 feet to a 
meander corner of the mean high tide line of the South Slough arms 
of Coos Bay; thence South 73 deg.34'48'' West 1,808.62 feet to the 
True Point of Beginning.
    Thence South 73 deg.34'48'' West, 250 feet more or less, thence 
North 16 deg.25'12'' West, 696.96 feet more or less, thence North 
73 deg.34'48'' East 250 feet more or less; thence South 
16 deg.25'12'' East; 696.96 feet more or less to the True Point of 
Beginning, containing 4.0 acres more or less.

    The delineation of the property added by the landowner who 
encroached into SSNERR in the upland portion of the SSNERR is as 
follows:

    Beginning at \3/4\'' iron pipe which marks the center \1/4\ 
corner of Section 13, Township 26 South, Range 14 West of the 
Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon:

Thence East along the North line of the Southeast \1/4\ of said 
Section 13 for a distance of 649.09 feet to the True Point of 
Beginning;
Thence continuing East along said North line for a distance of 60.66 
feet;

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Thence South for a distance of 218.7 feet;
Thence West for a distance of 161.58;
Thence North 24 deg.46'16'' East for a distance of 240.86 feet back 
to the True Point of Beginning.

    Any person wishing to comment on the proposed boundary change may 
forward written statements to the Oregon Division of State Lands, South 
Slough National Estuarine Research, P.O. Box 5417, Charleston, OR. 
97420. Comments must be received by the Division of State Lands no 
later than close of business (30) thirty days from the date of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield, NOAA/NOS/OCRM/SRD, 1305 
East-West Highway, SSMC4 12th Floor, Silver Spring, MD. 20910; Phone: 
(301) 713-3141, ext. 171.

    Dated: September 8, 1995.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Estuarine Sanctuaries)

[FR Doc. 95-22999 Filed 9-14-95; 8:45 am]
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