[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15876]
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[FR Doc No: 97-8550]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


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 106.75 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of this boundary extension was March 
11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map depicting the lands within 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, DC. 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jack Craven, Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, PO Box 96090, 
Washington, DC. 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: March 28, 1997.
Gerald Coghlan,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension

    Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under 
Section 20(d), Pub. 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

Township 3 North, Range 27 East
    Section 10: The North Half of the Northwest Quarter and Lot 1.

    The areas described aggregate 106.75 acres more or less.
    As provided by Pub. 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: March 11, 1997.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 97-8550 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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