[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4719]
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[FR Doc No: 97-2348]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Acceptance of 90-acre Donation and Extension of Indian Peaks 
Wilderness Area, Roosevelt NF, Colorado

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of land donation acceptance and boundary extension.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture has accepted a 90-acre donation 
from The Nature Conservancy of Boulder, Colorado, and extended the 
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area to include this 90-acre parcel.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The acceptance of this donation and the extension of 
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area were effective November 28, 1996.

.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eleanor S. Towns, Director, Lands, 
USDA, Forest Service, PO Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090, (202) 
453-8248 or M. M. Underwood, Forest Supervisor, 240 W. Prospect, Fort 
Collins, Colorado 80526-2098, (970) 498-1100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of section 
6(a) of the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890), the 
Secretary of Agriculture has accepted a 90-acre donation adjacent to 
the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado. 
Notification to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives was provided on September 26, 1996. Land 
accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture under Section 6(a) becomes 
part of the wilderness area involved. A copy of the Secretary's 
acceptance which includes the legal description of the lands which were 
donated and which are now a part of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area 
appears at the end of this notice.

    Dated: January 21, 1997.
Tom L. Thompson,
Deputy Regional Forester.

Acceptance of 90-acre Donation and Extension of Indian Peaks Wilderness 
Area

    Pursuant to the authority granted to the Secretary of 
Agriculture by Section 6(a) of the Wilderness Act of September 3, 
1964 (Pub. L. 88-577, 78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131), a donation of 
90 acres of land is accepted and will become part of the Indian 
Peaks Wilderness Area (Pub. L. 95-450, 92 Stat. 1095; 16 U.S.C. 
1132), Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado.
    The Bunker Bill Placer Mining Claim, Survey No. 15619, Grand 
Island Mining District, County of Boulder, State of Colorado.
    This acceptance shall be effective 60 days after notice has been 
given to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of 
Representatives as required by section 6(a) of the Wilderness Act of 
September 3, 1964.

    Dated: September 26, 1996.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 97-2348 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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