[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72067-72068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33304]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction: Hawthorne Army Depot New 
Bomb Project Interchange, Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of land interchange.

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SUMMARY: On September 15, 1999, and November 4, 1999, the Secretary of 
the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, signed a joint 
interchange order authorizing the transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction of 3,183.418 acres, more or less, lying within the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Mineral County, Nevada, from the Department of 
Agriculture to the Department of the Army. Furthermore, the order 
transfers from the Department of the Army to the Department of 
Agriculture 487.96 acres, more or less, lying adjacent to the exterior 
boundaries of the Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, 
California, for inclusion in the Los Padres National Forest. The 45-day 
Congressional oversight requirement of the Act of July 26, 1956 (70 
Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. 505a, 505b) has been met. A copy of the Joint 
Order, as signed, and Exhibits A-1 and B-1, which describe the lands 
and interests therein being conveyed, are set out at the end of this 
notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The order is effective December 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David M. Sherman, Lands Staff, Forest 
Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090, Telephone: 
(202) 205-1362.

    Dated: December 2, 1999.
James R. Furnish,
Deputy Chief.

Ft. Hunter Liggett Lands To Be Transferred from the Department of 
the Army to the Forest Service

    That portion of the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation 
situated within Sections 33, 34, and 35; Township 24 South, Range 7 
East, Mount Diablo Base Meridian, Monterey County, California, being 
more particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 34; thence easterly 
along said section line to the westerly edge of the Salmon Creek Road; 
thence southeasterly along the westerly edge of said road to the 
Monterey County Line; thence westerly along said County Line to the 
westerly boundary of the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation; 
thence; northwesterly along said boundary to the north line of Section 
33; thence, along said line to the point of beginning.
    Containing 487.96 acres more or less.
Hawthorne Army Depot--Lands to be Transferred From the Forest Service 
to the Department of the Army
    A parcel of land situated in portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 
32, 33, 34, and 35, Township 5 North, Range 30 East, Mount Diablo Base 
and Meridian, and Sections 3, 4, and 5 Township 4 North, Range 30 East, 
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, County of Mineral, State of Nevada, 
according to the attached Record of Survey, and more particularly 
described as follows:

COMMENCING for reference at the southeast corner of said Section 34;
Thence, N 26 deg.38'29'' W, a distance of 1333.26 feet, to the TRUE 
POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence, from said TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, N 26 deg.53'09'' E, a 
distance of 530.03 feet;
Thence, N 08 deg.52'56'' W, a distance of 26.77 feet;
Thence, N 31 deg.49'19'' E, a distance of 523.98 feet;
Thence, N 28 deg.44'15'' E, a distance of 1670.81 feet;
Thence, N 28 deg.04'37'' E, a distance of 432.97 feet;
Thence, N 22 deg.59'00'' E, a distance of 1006.98 feet;
Thence, N 17 deg.04'17'' W, a distance of 803.47 feet;
Thence, N 07 deg.00'03'' W, a distance of 1135.47 feet;
Thence, N 29 deg.34'33'' E, a distance of 574.20 feet;
Thence, N 47 deg.40'04'' W, a distance of 865.29 feet;
Thence, N 86 deg.54'23'' W, a distance of 9686.49 feet;
Thence, S 39 deg.46'28'' W, a distance of 5303.45 feet;
Thence, S 00 deg.59'45'' W, a distance of 6514.70 feet;
Thence, S 57 deg.01'14'' E, a distance of 3911.76 feet;
Thence, S 73 deg.00'55'' E, a distance of 117.69 feet;
Thence, N 86 deg.37'18'' E, a distance of 1461.68 feet;
Thence, S 89 deg.20'52'' E, a distance of 2208.65 feet;
Thence, N 76 deg.48'58'' E, a distance of 1251.50 feet;
Thence, N 72 deg.39'18'' E, a distance of 1151.81 feet;
Thence, N 28 deg.43'31'' E, a distance of 5448.58 feet, more or 
less, to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

    CONTAINING, 3183.42 Acres, more or less.

    The Basis of Bearing for this legal description is the line between 
Monuments MIV 011 and MIV 012 taken from NDOT record information ASP 
116 State Route 31, N 46 deg.25'24'' E, a distance of 10415.66 feet.

END OF DESCRIPTION

[FR Doc. 99-33304 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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