[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17905]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Designation of the Sacramento-San Francisco Pony Express Route as 
a Component of the Pony Express National Historic Trail

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Secretary of the Interior's decision 
to include the Sacramento-San Francisco route of the Pony Express as 
part of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jere Krakow, National Park Service, Trail Program Manager, Salt Lake 
City, Utah, telephone (801) 539-4094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An amendment to the National Trails System 
Act in 1992 authorized the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a 
study of the land and water route used to carry mail from Sacramento to 
San Francisco, California, to determine the feasibility and suitability 
of designating that route as a component of the Pony Express National 
Historic Trail. Upon completion of the study, if the Secretary 
determines that the route is a feasible and suitable addition to the 
Pony Express National Historic Trail, he shall designate the route as a 
component of the Pony Express National Historic Trail. The National 
Park Service (NPS), on behalf of the Department of the Interior, has 
completed the study and determined that it is both suitable and 
feasible to add this trail section to the Pony Express National 
Historic Trail.
    The designation of this portion of the trail will result in minimal 
Federal action. No Federal land acquisition is proposed, nor any 
development of facilities such as visitor or interpretive centers. 
Because most of the overland trail lies under highways or other 
developed areas, much of this section would function as an auto tour 
component of the National Historic Trail.
    The NPS will offer technical assistance in the development of 
signage and interpretation media for the trail. The NPS will facilitate 
cooperative agreements with the many public agencies and private 
organizations currently involved in the protection and management of 
the trail and trail-related resources. These include the East Bay 
Regional Parks System, the Public Works Department and Historical 
Resources Commission of the city of Davis, California, the city of 
Sacramento, The Contra Costa County Historical Society, the National 
Pony Express Association, and the Pony Express National Trails 
Association. All actions involving the NPS will be preceded by 
cooperative agreements with the appropriate agencies and will be 
undertaken in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (as amended), as well as 
State or local regulations.
    Based on the findings and recommendations of the NPS, and in 
accordance with the authority granted me pursuant to Section 2 of 
Public Law 102-328 (August 3, 1992), I have determined that it is 
feasible and suitable to designate the above trail from Sacramento to 
San Francisco, California, as a component of the Pony Express National 
Historic Trail. Notice is hereby given that effective upon this date, 
the above described trail is approved as a component of the National 
Trails System.

    Dated: June 30, 1997.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-17905 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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