[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55281-55282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26873]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Realty Action

SUMMARY: 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 Bowmans 
Island unit of the CRNRA and are generally described as follows:
    A parcel of land containing 24.46 acres of land located within Land 
Lots 53, 65, and 66 of the 14th District and 1st Section of Forsyth 
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 fee simple title to one parcel of land 
located along the Chattahoochee River and an adjoining 

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conservation easement. Both the surface and mineral estates are to be 
exchanged 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 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 200 foot strip of land containing 
18.83 acres located along the Chattahoochee River within Land Lots 169, 
170, 171, 173, 174 and 175 of the 14th District, 1ST Section, Forsyth 
County, Georgia to be conveyed in fee simple title and an adjoining 50 
foot strip of land containing 4.53 acres to be conveyed as a 
Conservation Easement.
    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: October 4, 1995.
Paul B. Hartwig,
Acting Field Director, Southeast Area.
[FR Doc. 95-26873 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am]
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