[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13075]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Region; Superintendents, et al.; Delegation of 
Authority (Order No. 5, Amendment 2), Delegation of Authority (Order 
No. 5, Amendment 3)

Delegation of Authority (Order No. 5, Amendment 2)

    Order No. 5, approved September 14, 1977, and published in the 
Federal Register of September 30, 1977, (42 FR 52499), set forth 
certain authority to officers and employees. This amendment changes the 
titles of certain offices and employees as set forth below and rescinds 
the authority of Field Land Acquisition Officers: Section 5, strike 
``Associate Regional Director, Cooperative Activities,'' and replace 
with ``Associate Superintendent, Office of Stewardship and 
Partnerships.''

Delegation of Authority (Order No. 5, Amendment 3)

    Order No. 5, Amendment 1, approved September 22, 1989, and 
published in the Federal Register of October 26, 1989, set forth 
certain authority to the Chief, Land Resources Division, Mid-Atlantic 
Region. This amendment rescinds the authority of the Realty Officer, 
Land Resources Program Center, Northeast Region (formerly the Chief, 
Land Resources Division, Mid-Atlantic Region) and further changes 
Section 6 to read as follows: ``Section 6. The Chief, Land Resources 
Program Center, National Capital Region, is authorized to execute the 
land acquisition program within the National Capital Region, including 
contracting for acquisition of lands and related properties, and 
acceptance of offers to sell to, or exchanges with the United States, 
lands or interests in lands, and to execute all necessary agreements 
and conveyances incidental thereto; to accept deeds conveying to the 
United States land or interests in lands; to approve on behalf of the 
National Park Service offers of settlement in condemnation cases; to 
provide relocation assistance; and to approve claims for reimbursement 
under Public Law 91-646, as amended.
    The Chief, Appalachian Trail Land Acquisition Field Office, is 
authorized to execute the land acquisition program for the Chesapeake 
and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, including contracting for 
acquisition of lands and related properties, and acceptance of offers 
to sell to, or exchanges with the United States, lands or interests in 
lands, and to execute all necessary agreements and conveyances 
incidental thereto; to accept deeds conveying to the United States land 
or interests in lands; to approve on behalf of the National Park 
Service offers of settlement in condemnation cases; to provide 
relocation assistance; and to approve claims for reimbursement under 
Public Law 91-646, as amended.

    Dated: May 6, 1997.
Terry R. Carlstrom,
Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 97-13075 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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