[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23991]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service


Appalachian National Scenic Trail--Notice of Realty Action

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a proposed exchange of fee simple title 
in federally-owned lands for fee simple title in private lands both 
located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The exchange will protect .17 
of a mile of trail footpath and eliminate a vehicular access across the 
Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
    I. The following described interest acquired by the National Park 
Service, has been determined to be suitable for disposal by exchange. 
The selected Federal land is within the boundaries for the Appalachian 
National Scenic Trail. The land has been surveyed for cultural 
resources and endangered and threatened species. These reports are 
available upon request.
    A fee interest in the following property is to be exchanged: Tract 
195-29 is a 2.25 acre portion of the land acquired by the United States 
of America by deed recorded at Deed Book 1500, Page 894, in the Grafton 
County Registry of Deeds, State of New Hampshire. The United States 
will also resolve a potential claim to adjacent Dartmouth College lands 
which was disclosed by a recent survey. The potential claim involves 
3.53 acres and will be settled as part of the exchange process. 
Conveyance by the United States will be done by a Quitclaim Deed.
    II. In exchange for the interests described in Paragraph I above, 
the Trustees of Dartmouth College will convey to the United States of 
America fee simple title and a vehicular access across federal lands 
within the boundaries of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
    The interest in land to be acquired by the United States of America 
is described as follows: Tract 195-27, being fee simple title to 1.51 
acres acquired by the trustees of Dartmouth College by deed recorded in 
Deed Book 1040, Page 395, in the Grafton County Registry of Deeds, 
State of New Hampshire. Also to be acquired is Tract 199-23, being fee 
simple title to 13.89 acres acquired by the Trustees of Dartmouth 
College by deeds recorded in Deed Book 1237, Page 366 and Deed Book 
1049, Page 308 in the Grafton County Registry of Deeds, State of New 
Hampshire. This will include a vehicular right-of-way owned by 
Dartmouth College across other lands of the United States within the 
boundaries of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail as described in 
Deed Book 1797, Page 867 in Grafton County Register of Deeds, State of 
New Hampshire. The conveyance to the United States will be done by 
General Warranty Deed.
    The value of the interests to be exchanged shall be determined by 
current fair market value appraisals and if they are not appropriately 
equal, the values shall be equalized by a cash payment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for this exchange is Section 
5(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments in Pub. L. 
90-401, approved July 15, 1968, and Section 7(f) of the National Trails 
System Act, Pub. L. 90-543, as amended.
    Detailed information concerning this exchange including precise 
legal descriptions, Land Protection Plan and cultural reports, are 
available at the address below.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of this notice, interested 
parties may submit written comments to the address below. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief, Acquisition Division, National 
Park Service, AT/LAFO, PO Box 908, Martinsburg, WV 25402, (304) 263-
4943.

    Dated: June 10, 1998.
Pamela Underhill,
Park Manager, Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
[FR Doc. 98-23991 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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