[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24532]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Notice of Realty Action

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a proposed exchange of federally-owned 
lands for privately-owned lands both of which are located at the 
intersection of Miller Hill Road with the Taconic Parkway in the Town 
of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. The proposed exchange will 
provide a much safer crossing of the Taconic Parkway for hikers on the 
Appalachian Trail. It will also provide for the construction of a new 
interchange which will include an overpass for the Taconic Parkway.
    I. The following described Federally-owned land which was acquired 
by the National Park Service, has been determined to be suitable for 
disposal by exchange. The selected Federal land is within the 
protective corridor 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.
    Fee ownership of the following federally owned property is to be 
exchanged: Tract 727-34, is a 1.14 acre portion of the land acquired by 
the United States of America by three deeds, each recorded at the 
Orange County Clerk's Office in Book 1531, Page 710, Book 1528, Page 
679, and Book 1960, Page 140. Conveyance of the land by the United 
States will be done by a Quitclaim Deed and will include a reservation 
for the footpath of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
    II. In exchange for the land described in Paragraph I above, the 
State of New York will convey to the United States of America a 2.19 
acre parcel of land and a right-of-way easement for pedestrian travel 
over a 0.08 of an acre parcel of land lying adjacent to federal lands 
for inclusion within the boundaries of the Appalachian National Scenic 
Trail. Acquisition of this property will provide permanent protection 
for the Appalachian Trail. There are no leases that affect the 
property. Both the surface and mineral estates are to be exchanged. Fee 
simple title, subject to a reservation for the Appalachian Trail, is to 
be conveyed by the United States in exchange for the conveyance of all 
right, title and interest of the State in the 2.19 acre parcel of land 
together with the pedestrian right-of way easement. This land will be 
administered by the National Park Service as a part of the Appalachian 
National Scenic Trail upon completion of the exchange.
    The land and interest in land to be acquired by the United States 
of America are described as follows: Tract 272-35, being a portion the 
land acquired by the State of New York by deed recorded in the Dutchess 
County Deed Book 535, Page 25. Conveyances to the United States will be 
done by Letters Patent. The value of the properties exchanged shall be 
determined by current fair market value appraisals and if they are not 
appropriately equal, the values shall be equalized as circumstances 
require.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Chief, Acquisition Division, National 
Park Service, AT/LAFO, P.O. Box 908, Martinsburg, WV 25402-0908, (304) 
263-4943.

    Dated: August 24, 1998.
Pamela Underhill,
Park Manager, Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
[FR Doc. 98-24532 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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