[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7279]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Pecos Wild and Scenic River, Santa Fe National Forest, San Miguel 
and Mora Counties, New Mexico; Boundary Establishment

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 16 USC 1274, the USDA Forest Service is 
transmitting the final boundary of the Pecos Wild and Scenic River to 
the Senate and House of Representatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information may be obtained by 
contacting Dan Crittenden, District Ranger, Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger 
District, P.O. Drawer 429, Pecos, NM 87552-0429, 505-757-6121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The detailed legal description and map of 
the Pecos Wild and Scenic River boundary are available for public 
inspection in the following Forest Service offices: USDA Forest Service 
Auditors Building, 201 14th St. SW at Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 
DC; USDA-FS Southwestern Regional Office, 517 Gold Ave SW, Albuquerque, 
NM; USDA-FS Santa Fe National Forest, 1474 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM; 
USDA-FS Pecos Ranger Station, Pecos, NM.
    The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Public Law 90-542, as amended by 
Public Law 101-306 on June 6, 1990 designated the 20.5 mile segment of 
the Pecos River, from its headwaters to the townsite of Tererro, to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
classifications: (a) The 13.5 mile segment from its headwaters to the 
Pecos Wilderness boundary, as a wild river; and (b) the 7-mile segment 
from the Pecos Wilderness boundary to the townsite of Tererro, as a 
recreational river. The final boundary for the designated segments 
approximately follows the original corridor boundary of \1/4\-mile of 
the ordinary high water mark on each side of the river, with 
adjustments made in order to follow legal and locatable landlines.

    Dated: March 10, 2000.
James T. Gladen,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 00-7279 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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