[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15890-15891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7281]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


East Fork of the Jemez Wild and Scenic River, Santa Fe National 
Forest, Sandoval County, New Mexico; Boundary Establishment

AGENCY:  Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:  Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY:  In accordance with 16 U.S.C. 1274, the USDA Forest Service 
has transmitted the final boundary of the East Fork of the Jemez Wild 
and Scenic River to the Senate and House of Representatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Information may be obtained by 
contacting Diane Tafoya, Recreation Staff Officer, Jemez Ranger 
District, P.O. Box 98, Jemez Springs, NM 87025, 505-829-3535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The detailed legal description and map of 
the East Fork of the Jemez 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 Jemez Ranger Station, Jemez Springs, NM.
    The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Public Law 90-542, as amended by 
Public Law 101-306 on June 6, 1990 designated the 11-mile segment of 
the East Fork of the Jemez River, from the Santa Fe National Forest 
boundary to its confluence with the Rio San Antonio, to be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following classifications: (a) 
The 2-mile segment for the Santa Fe National Forest boundary to the 
second crossing of State Highway 4, near Las Conchas trailhead, as a 
recreational river; and (b) the 4-mile segment from the second crossing 
of State Highway 4, near Las Conchas trailhead, to the third crossing 
of State Highway 4 approximately one and one-quarter miles upstream 
from Jemez Falls, as a wild river; and (c) the 5-mile segment from the 
third crossing of State Highway 4, approximately one and one-quarter 
miles upstream from Jemez Falls, to its confluence with the Rio San 
Antonio, as a scenic 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

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order to follow legal and locatable landlines.

    Dated: March 10, 2000.
James T. Gladen,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 00-7281 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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