[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13039]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Establishment of Kimberling Creek Purchase Unit, Virginia

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of Kimberling Creek Purchase Unit.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture created the 271-acre Kimberling 
Creek Purchase Unit in Bland County, Virginia. A copy of the 
establishment document, which includes the legal description of the 
lands within the purchase unit, appears at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Establishment of this purchase unit was effective April 
17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map depicting the lands within the purchase 
unit is on file and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Director, Lands Staff, 201 14th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Craven, Lands Staff, Forest 
Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, D.C. 20090-6090, telephone; 
(202) 205-1248.

    Dated: May 6, 1998.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

Proposed Boundary Description for the Establishment of the Kimberling 
Creek Purchase Unit, Bland County, Virginia

    Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's authority under the 
Act of March 1, 1911, as amended, the Kimberling Creek Purchase Unit 
is being established and is described as follows:
    Those lands in Bland County, Virginia, bounded on the west by 
State Route 606 being the existing Jefferson National Forest 
boundary, on the north by the existing Jefferson National Forest 
boundary, on the east by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Bland State 
Correctional Farm, and on the south by State Route 42 to the 
junction with State Route 606, the existing boundary.
    The area described contains 271.25 acres, more or less, 
adjoining the Jefferson National Forest.
    The lands are well suited for watershed protection and meet the 
requirements of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended.

    Dated: April 17, 1998.
Brian Eliot Burke,
Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 98-13039 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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