[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 32368-32369] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15550] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service National Park System Units in the State of Tennessee AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of concurrent jurisdiction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee has conveyed concurrent legislative jurisdiction over the lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of National Park System Units in the State of Tennessee. Additionally, the National Park Service (NPS) is retroceding concurrent jurisdiction to the State of Tennessee over certain NPS lands in the State where the United States currently has exclusive jurisdiction. EFFECTIVE DATE: Concurrent jurisdiction within NPS units in the State of Tennessee became effective on April 23, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Burnett, Ranger Activities Division, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Telephone 202208- 4874. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 23, 1997, in accordance with section 4-1-106 (1975), Tennessee Code Annotated, the Honorable Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee, ceded by agreement to the NPS concurrent legislative jurisdiction over lands and waters administered by the NPS in the State of Tennessee. Acting in accordance with the provisions of 16 U.S.C. 1a-3 and 40 U.S.C. 255, Director of the National Park Service Roger Kennedy signed the agreement on April 8, 1996. In addition, the United States retrocedes to the State of Tennessee concurrent jurisdiction to certain lands currently subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. The agreement became effective on the date of the last signature, April 23, 1997. [[Page 32369]] The NPS areas affected by this agreement include: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Foothills Parkway (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) Fort Donelson National Battlefield Natchez Trace Parkway Obed Wild and Scenic River Shiloh National Military Park Stones River National Battlefield Dated: June 5, 1997. Chris Andress, Chief, Ranger Activities Division, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 97-15550 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-P