[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49630-49631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23874]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Realty Action

    Summary: Revision of Park Boundary, Gateway National Recreation 
Area.
    Location: Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island Unit, 
Richmond County, New York.
    Whereas, on August 24, 1994, the National Park Service published in 
the Federal Register at Volume 59, No. 163, pages 43588 and 43589, a 
minor boundary adjustment for Gateway National Recreation Area that 
excluded approximately one third of Fort Wadsworth from the Recreation 
Area.
    Whereas, the National Park Service at that time concluded that the 
construction of approximately 1 million square feet of contemporary 
building space had changed the nature and use of the area 
significantly, since the boundaries were drawn by Public Law 92-592, 
making parts of Fort Wadsworth no longer currently suitable for park 
purposes.
    Whereas, at that time, the Department of the Navy planned to 
declare the entirety of Naval Station New York to be surplus to the 
needs of the Department of Defense and transfer the same to the 
National Park Service under Public Law 92-592.
    Whereas, the Department of the Navy has now determined that certain 
portions of Fort Wadsworth are not surplus to the needs of the 
Department of Defense and will be transferred to the Department of the 
Army and the United States Coast Guard.
    Whereas, the remaining property will be transferred to the National 
Park Service and is consistent with park purposes.
    Whereas, it has been determined that it is in the best interests of 
the National Park Service at this time to establish the boundaries of 
Gateway National Recreation Area consistent with the statutory 
boundaries of Public Law 92-592.
    Whereas, Public Law 92-592, dated October 27, 1972, established the 
Gateway National Recreation Area,
    Whereas, Section 1(b) of said Act authorizes minor boundary 
revisions of the recreation area,
    Whereas, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate and the Committee on Resources, United States House of 
Representatives were advised by letters of September 1995, that the 
Secretary intended to 

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make a minor revision to the boundary of Gateway National Recreation 
Area.
    Therefore, pursuant to Section 1(b) of Public Law 92-592, notice is 
given that the boundary of Gateway National Recreation Area has been 
revised to include the land identified and described on the map 
entitled: ``Boundary Map, Gateway National Recreation Area,'' numbered 
951:40,017B, dated July 1995, prepared by the Land Resources Division, 
Northeast Field Area, National Park Service.
    The map is on file and available for inspection in the office of 
the National Park Service, Northeast Field Area, Land Resources 
Division, U. S. Custom House, 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19106.

    Dated: September 20, 1995.
Joan A. Krall,
Acting Field Director, Northeast Field Area.
[FR Doc. 95-23874 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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