[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56560-56561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27768]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction; Lake Ouachita Reservoir 
Project

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; land interchange.

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SUMMARY: On May 18, 1995, and August 21, 1995, the Secretary of the 
Army and the Secretary of Agriculture respectively signed a joint 
interchange order agreeing to the transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction of 110 acres, more or less, from the Department of 
Agriculture to the Department of the Army lying within and adjacent to 
the Ouachita National Forest in Garland and Montgomery Counties, 
Arkansas, and 88.93 acres, more or less, from the Department of the 
Army to the Department of Agriculture within and adjacent to the 
exterior boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, Montgomery County, 
Arkansas. The 45-day Congressional oversight requirement of the Act of 
July 26, 1956 (70 Stat. 656, 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) has been met. A copy 
of the Joint Order, as signed, appears at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective November 9, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, 4 South, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 
96090, Washington, D.C. 20250, Telephone: (202) 205-1362.

    Dated: November 2, 1995.
Gray F. Reynolds,
Deputy Chief for National Forest System.

Appendix

Department of the Army, Department of Agriculture, Lake Ouachita, 
Arkansas

Joint Order Interchanging Administrative Jurisdiction of Department of 
the Army Lands and National Forest Lands
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Army and 
the Secretary of Agriculture by the Act of July 26, 1956, (70 Stat. 
656; 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) it is ordered as follows:
    (1) The lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army 
described in Exhibit A and shown on Part 2 of Exhibit C, a map on file 
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, US 
Forest Service, Washington, D.C., which lie within and adjacent to the 
Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, are hereby transferred from the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army to the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, subject to outstanding rights or interests of 
record and to such flooding as may occur from the construction, 
maintenance, and operation of the Lake Ouachita Reservoir Project.
    (2) The National Forest lands described in Exhibit B and shown on 
Parts 1 and 2 of Exhibit C, maps on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief, US Forest Service, Washington, 
D.C., which lie within and adjacent to the Lake Ouachita Reservoir 
Project, Arkansas, are hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Army.
    (3) Pursuant to Section 2 of the aforesaid Act of July 26, 1956, 
the National Forest lands transferred to the Secretary of the Army by 
this order are hereafter subject only to the laws applicable to the 
Department of the Army lands comprising the Ouachita Reservoir Project, 
Arkansas. The Department of the Army lands transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture by this order are hereafter subject only to the laws 
applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 
961), as amended.
    This order will be effective as of date of publication in the 
Federal Register.


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    Dated: May 18, 1995.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army.

    Dated: August 21, 1995.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.

Exhibit A

Lands Transferred From the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of 
Agriculture

    Lands acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Blakely 
Dam--Lake Ouachita Reservoir Project, Arkansas, as follows:
    That portion of the following described lands lying below the 610-
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and being more 
particularly described as follows:

T1S, R24W, Montgomery County, Arkansas

    Section 19: pt. SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. S\1/2\NE\1/4\ less the 
private lands in the SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\ containing approximately 12 
acres; pt. NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all below 610' NGVD 
containing approximately 60.92 acres.
    Section 20: pt. SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\ below 610' NGVD containing 
approximately 12 acres.
    Section 30: pt. NW\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. SW\1/
4\ NE\1/4\ all below 610' NGVD containing approximately 16.01 acres.
    Approximate Total Acreage--89 Acres.

Exhibit B

Lands Transferred From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of 
the Army

    Lands acquired by the Department of Agriculture for and in 
connection with the Ouachita National Forest, as follows:
    That portion of the following described lands lying below the 610-
fee National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and being more particularly 
described as follows:

T1S, R24W, Montgomery County, Arkansas

    Section 20: pt. NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\ 
SW\1/4\; pt. SW\1/4\ NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD containing 
approximately 10 acres.

T2S, R21W, Garland County, Arkansas

    Section 4: pt. SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\; pt. S\1/2\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/
4\; p. NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD.
    Section 9: pt. E\1/2\ NW\1/4\*; pt. NW\1/4\ NW\1/4\; pt. NE\1/4\ 
NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\ all above 610' NGVD containing approximately 
100 acres.
    Approximate Total Acreage--110 Acres.
    *Part of the SENW has Public Domain Status.

[FR Doc. 95-27768 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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