[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23225]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Boundary Extension, Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of boundary extension.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture has extended the boundary of the 
Ouachita National Forest to include 425.54 acres, more or less, in Le 
Flore County, Oklahoma, which were recently acquired through exchange. 
A copy of the Secretary's establishment document which includes the 
legal description of the lands within the extension appears at the end 
of this notice.

DATES: The effective date of this boundary extension was August 22, 
1996.

ADDRESSES:  A copy of the map showing the boundary extension is on file 
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of 
Lands, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20090-
6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
 J. Kenneth Myers, Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, 
Washington, D.C. 20090-6090, telephone: (202) 205-1248.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority under Section 
20(d), Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Act of 
October 18, 1988 (16 U.S.C. 460), the Secretary of Agriculture has 
extended the boundary of the Ouachita National Forest. The Act provided 
authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire by purchase, 
exchange, donation, or otherwise, any right, title, and interest in 
lands in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, which are outside the boundaries of 
the Ouachita National Forest. This Act also provided that the Secretary 
would extend the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest to include 
such lands.

    Dated: September 3, 1996.
Larry O. Gadt,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief.

Ouachita National Forest boundary Extension

    Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under Section 
20(d), P.L. 100-499 (102 Stat. 2491) the Ouachita National Forest 
boundary is hereby extended to include the following lands.

Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Indian Meridian

T.4 N., R. 27 E.
    Section 5: NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\
    Section 7: The East Twenty Acres and the Southwest Eight and 
\49/100\ acres of Lot One, Lot Two, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\

    The areas described an aggregate 425.54 acres more or less.

    As provided by P.L. 100-499, the lands described shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Act 
of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961) and in accordance with the laws, rules, 
and regulations generally applicable to units of the National Forest 
System.

    Dated: August 22, 1996.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 96-23225 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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