[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20834-20835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11396]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park System Units in the State of New Jersey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice--Acceptance of concurrent jurisdiction.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of New Jersey has ceded 
to the National Park Service (NPS) concurrent jurisdiction over lands 
and waters, owned, leased or administratively controlled, and those 
hereafter acquired,

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leased or administratively controlled by the National Park Service, 
within the boundaries of units of the National Park System within the 
State of New Jersey.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Concurrent jurisdiction, pursuant to the State 
legislation discussed below, became effective on March 28, 1996, upon 
the acceptance by the NPS from the Governor of New Jersey.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Burnett, Ranger Activities 
Division, National Park Service, Washington, DC. Telephone 202-208-
4874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In August 1995, the State of New Jersey 
passed legislation (P.L. 1995, Chapter 212) ceding to the NPS 
concurrent legislative jurisdiction ``over lands and waters, owned, 
leased or administratively controlled, and those hereafter acquired, 
leased or administratively controlled by the National Park Service, 
within the boundaries of units of the National Park System within the 
State of New Jersey.'' On August 14, 1995, Governor Christine Todd 
Whitman signed the legislation officially ceding the jurisdiction. On 
March 8, 1996, in accordance with 40 U.S.C. Sec. 255, Robert G. 
Kennedy, Director of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, accepted from the State of New Jersey the cessation of 
concurrent legislative jurisdiction over the lands identified in the 
State legislation. Those lands include the following five park units:

1. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
2. The Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area
3. Morristown National Historic Park
4. Thomas Edison National Historic Site
5. Ellis Island

    Dated: April 16, 1996.
Chris L. Andress,
Acting Associate Director, Park Operations and Education, National Park 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11396 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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