[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20831-20832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9585]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Realty Action; Mojave National Preserve

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Proposed Exchange of Federal Property for Private Property at 
Mojave National Preserve.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sondra S. Humphries, Chief, Pacific 
Land Resources Program Center at (415) 427-1416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comments will be accepted for a 
period of 45 calendar days from the date of this notice. In order to 
resolve the encroachment of a private residence and ranch headquarters 
on federal land, it is necessary for the National Park Service to 
effect a land exchange at Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino 
County, California.
    Authority for the land exchange is contained in 16 U.S.C. 410aaa-
56. The land to be conveyed by the United States of America is located 
approximately 15 miles northwesterly from Interstate Highway 15 off of 
Essex Road and contains 40.00 acres, more or less.
    The land to be acquired by the United States of America is located 
seven miles northeast of the intersection of Essex and Black Canyon 
Roads and also contains 40.00 acres, more or less.
    Both sites were surveyed for the presence of hazardous materials 
and none were found. In addition, natural and cultural resource surveys 
were conducted and impacts were found to be minimal. The biological 
survey did not disclose the presence of any rare, endangered or 
threatened species.
    Title to the lands being exchanged will be subject to encumbrances 
of record as well as existing rights-of-way.
    The value of the lands to be exchanged shall be determined by a 
current fair market appraisal and if they are not equal, the value 
shall be equalized by payment of cash and/or donation, as circumstances 
require.
    The 40.00 acre parcel to be acquired by the United States of 
America will enable the National Park Service to further protect 
critical Desert Tortoise Habitat within the Preserve.
    Detailed information concerning this proposal, land descriptions, 
Land Protection Plan and other information are available at the 
National Park Service, Pacific Land Resources Program Center, 600 
Harrison Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, California, 94107-1372.
    Comments will be accepted from interested parties for a period of 
45 calendar days from the date of this notice, and may be submitted to 
the above address. Comments will be evaluated and this action may be 
modified or vacated accordingly. In the absence of any action to modify 
or vacate, the realty action will become the

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final determination of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: October 6, 1999.
Martha K. Leicester,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 00-9585 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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