[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45876-45877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23085]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Zion National Park, Utah; Proposed Exchange of Federally-Owned 
Land for Privately-Owned Land, Both Within Washington County, Utah

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority contained in the Act of November 12, 
1996 (Pub. L. 104-333, 110 Stat. 4105), the Secretary of the Interior 
has been authorized to acquire certain lands by exchange, and is 
authorized, upon completion of said exchange, to revise the boundaries 
of Zion National Park accordingly.

DATES: The effective date for this notice is August 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Realty Officer, Land Resources Program 
Center, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 25287, Denver Colorado 80225-
0287, (303) 969-2611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The above-cited Act authorizes the Secretary 
of the Interior to exchange certain privately-owned lands adjacent to 
Zion National Park for Federally-owned lands within the park boundary. 
The lands to be exchanged are of approximately equal size. Upon 
completion of this exchange, the boundaries of Zion

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National Park will be revised to add the parcel now adjacent to the 
park and to exclude the parcel now inside the park. Land added to the 
park shall be administered as part of the park in accordance with the 
laws and regulations applicable thereto. The lands to be exchanged are 
generally described as follows:
    Federally-owned parcel.
    A parcel of land in Lot 2, Section 5, Township 41 South, Range 11 
West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, containing 5.33 acres, more or less.
    Privately-owned parcel.
    A parcel of land in the NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ of Section 28, Township 41 
South, Range 10 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian containing 5.40 acres 
more or less.
    The value of the properties exchanged shall be determined by a 
current fair market value appraisal and if they are not approximately 
equal, the values shall be equalized by payment of cash as 
circumstances require.
    For a period of 45 calendar days from the date of this notice, 
interested parties may submit comments to the above address. Adverse 
comments will be evaluated and this action may be modified or vacated 
accordingly. In the absence of any action to modify or vacate, this 
realty action will become the final determination of the Department of 
Interior.

    Dated: August 7, 1997.
Michael D. Snyder,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-23085 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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