[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11398]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice--acceptance of concurrent jurisdiction.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Alabama has conveyed 
to the National Park Service (NPS) concurrent jurisdiction over all the 
lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of Little River Canyon 
National Preserve, Alabama.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Little River Canyon 
National Preserve, Fort Payne, Alabama 35967. Telephone 205-997-9239.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 26, 1981, the United States, acting 
in accordance with provisions of 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1a-3 and 40 U.S.C. 
Sec. 255, and the State of Alabama, acting in accordance with Sec. 42-
3-1 Code of Alabama 1975, entered into an Agreement, whereby concurrent 
jurisdiction was established over lands and waters within certain 
specified units of the National Park System within the State of 
Alabama.
    Paragraph IV on page 3 of the Agreement provides ``That if pursuant 
to an Act of the United States Congress, additional National Park 
Service units, not set out herein, are created within the State of 
Alabama, that this agreement may be modified by amendment to 
incorporate these subsequently created units into the said Agreement, 
making the units subject to the terms and conditions contained in the 
said Agreement''.
    Based on this Agreement, the United States and the State of Alabama 
have determined that it is to their mutual benefit to amend the 
aforementioned Agreement for the purposes of establishing concurrent 
jurisdiction for Little River Canyon National Preserve. Governor Fob 
James of the State of Alabama conveyed concurrent jurisdiction over all 
the lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of Little River 
Canyon National Preserve through an amendment to the existing Agreement 
of concurrent jurisdiction over lands and waters within National Park 
System units in the State of Alabama. On March 28, 1996, Roger G. 
Kennedy, Director of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior accepted this jurisdiction from the State of Alabama.

    Dated: April 16, 1996.
Chris L. Andress,
Acting Associate Director, Park Operations and Education, National Park 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11398 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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