[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35385-35388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13863]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-010-00-1610-DE-002A]


Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Map and Boundary 
Description

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to publish the official map and boundary 
description of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, established by 
Presidential Proclamation on January 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger G. Taylor, Field Manager, Bureau 
of Land Management--Arizona Strip Field Office, 345 East Riverside 
Drive, St. George, Utah 84790. Telephone (435) 688-3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument 
is on federal lands in Mohave County, Arizona. The following 
description refers to the original map entitled ``Grand Canyon-
Parashant National Monument'', on file at the Arizona Strip Field 
Office, St. George, Utah.
    Beginning at a point where the Nevada-Arizona State Line intersects 
a line 300 feet landward from the high water mark of Lake Mead in 
Section 6, T. 32 N., R. 16 W., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona;
    Then northerly along the Nevada-Arizona State line some 31 miles to 
the point where the aforementioned state line intersects the hydrologic 
divide between the Virgin River and Cedar Wash along the crest of 
Virgin Peak Ridge; Then easterly along said hydrologic divide some 2.75 
miles across Lime Kiln Pass;
    Then northeasterly along the hydrologic divide between Tom and Cull 
Wash and the Virgin River, passing over the summits of Lime Kiln and 
Lead Mine mountains, some 13.2 miles to a point offset 30 feet 
northwest of the centerline of Mohave County Road #299;
    Then easterly along a line offset 30' north of the centerline of 
Mohave County Road #299 some 3,000 feet to the intersection with the 
road to Cougar Spring, then bearing right and continuing along the 
offset of County Road #299 some 875 feet to an intersection with a 30-
foot offset east of the centerline of BLM Road #1004 which is the 
exterior boundary of Paiute Wilderness;
    Then north along the Paiute Wilderness boundary some 275 feet to a 
point 30 feet south of the centerline of BLM Road #1004, at an 
intersection of the eastern fork of the road to Cougar Spring;
    Then easterly along the south line of the open road corridor 
through the Paiute Wilderness Area (approximately 30' south of the 
centerline of BLM Road #1004) some 6.5 miles to a point where the road 
corridor intersects the exterior boundary of Paiute Wilderness;
    Then southeasterly along the wilderness boundary, (which passes 
Black Rock Lookout and follows a 100-foot offset east of the centerline 
of the Lookout access road, then a 100-foot offset south of the 
centerline of BLM Road #1004), some 6.7 miles to a point where BLM Road 
#1004 intersects with BLM Road #1051;
    Then southerly continuing along the Paiute Wilderness boundary 
(offset 30' west of the centerline of BLM Road #1051) for approximately 
2,150' to the hydrologic divide between Grand Wash and the Virgin River 
tributaries; Then southeasterly and southerly along said hydrologic 
divide some 22.4 miles to the point where the divide intersects with a 
line offset 30 feet east of the centerline of an unnumbered road in 
SW\1/4\ of Section 7, T. 36 N., R. 12 W.;
    Then south and southeast along a line offset 30 feet east of the 
centerline of said road some 5.8 miles through sections 7, 18 and 30, 
T. 36 N., R. 12 W., and sections 13 and 24, T. 36 N., R. 13 W., to a 
point some 500' west of the section line between sections 32 and 33, T. 
36 N., R. 12 W.;
    Then south some 500' to the eastern rim of Hidden Canyon; Then 
southerly along said rim some 5.7 miles to a point offset 100' 
northwest of the centerline of Mohave County Road #103;
    Then northeasterly along a line offset 100' northwest of the 
centerline of Mohave County Road #103 some 1.3 miles to a point where 
this line intersects the section line between sections 15 and 22, T. 35 
N., R. 12 W.;
    Then easterly along said section line some 780 feet;

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    Then southeasterly toward the crest of a small ridge on the 
northwest side of Poverty Mountain in the NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\, Section 22, 
T. 35 N., R. 12 W., and continuing along the northern rim of Poverty 
Mountain some 10.9 miles to the head of an unnamed wash west of the 
center of Section 33, T. 35 N., R. 11 W.;
    Then easterly along a line offset 30 feet south of the center of 
said wash some 1.2 miles to the intersection of a 30-foot offset east 
of an unnumbered road in the southwest corner of Section 34, T. 35 N., 
R. 11 W.;
    Then south along a line offset 30 feet east of said road some 2000' 
to a point offset 30 feet north of the centerline of BLM Road #1018;
    Then easterly along a line offset 30 feet north of BLM Road #1018 
some 1.8 miles to a point offset 30 feet west of the centerline of 
Ivanpatch Wash;
    Then south along a line offset 30 feet west of the center of 
Ivanpatch Wash across the road some 75 feet to a point offset 30 feet 
south of the centerline of BLM Road #1018;
    Then easterly along a line offset 30 feet south of said road some 
2,000 feet to a departure point some 350 feet northwest of the center 
of Ivanpatch Pond #2;
    Then, from said departure point, counterclockwise around the south 
and east of Ivanpatch Pond #2, some 1,400 feet to a point offset 30 
feet south of the centerline of BLM Road #1018 where said road crosses 
an unnamed wash in SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\ of Section 36, T. 35 N., R. 11 W.;
    Then easterly along a line offset 30 feet south of the centerline 
of Road #1018 some 0.5 miles to a point of intersection with the east 
boundary of Section 36, T. 35 N., R. 11 W.;
    Then south along said section line approximately \1/4\ mile to the 
common corner of Tps. 34 and 35 N., Rs. 10 and 11 W.;
    Then east along the section line between Section 6, T. 34 N., R. 10 
W. and Section 31, T. 35 N., R. 10 W., some \1/4\ mile to the W. \1/16\ 
section corner of sections 6 and 31, Tps. 34 and 35 N., R. 10 W.;
    Then in T. 34 N., R. 10 W., south on the N. and S. centerline of 
the NW. \1/4\ section 6, to the NW. \1/16\ corner, then east on the E. 
and W. centerline of the NW \1/4\, to the center north \1/16\ corner 
section 6, then south on the N. and S. centerline section 6, to the 
center south \1/16\ corner section 6, then east on the E. and W. 
centerlines of the SE \1/4\, section 6 and the SW \1/4\ section 5 to 
the SW. \1/16\ corner section 5, then north on the N. and S. centerline 
of the W. \1/2\ of section 5 to the W. \1/16\ corner of sections 5 and 
32, Tps. 34 and 35 N., R. 10 W.;
    Then east on the line between Tps. 34 and 35 N., R. 10 W., to the 
corner of sections 3, 4, 33 and 34;
    Then in T. 34 N., R. 10 W., south between sections 3 and 4, and 
sections 9 and 10, to the \1/4\ corner of sections 9 and 10, east on 
the E. and W. centerline of section 10, to the \1/4\ corner of sections 
10 and 11, then north between sections 10 and 11, then east between 
sections 2 and 11 and sections 1 and 12, then north along the east line 
of section 1;
    Then north between sections 31 and 36, and sections 25 and 30, T. 
35 N., Rs. 9, 10, W., to a point offset 100 feet north of the 
centerline of Mohave Country Road #5;
    Then easterly along a line offset 100 feet north from the 
centerline of County Road #5 some 4 miles to a point where the country 
road enters privately-owned land on the North and South center line of 
Section 22, T. 35 N., R. 9 W.;
    Then south along the North-South center line (private land 
boundary) some 3,700 feet to the center of Section 27, T. 35 N., R. 9 
W.;
    Then east along the E. and W. centerline (private land boundary) 
some 0.5 mile to the section line between Sections 26 and 27, T. 35 N., 
R. 9 W. and north along the line between Sections 26 and 27, some 1,800 
feet to a point 100 feet north of Mohave County Road #5;
    Then easterly along a line offset 100 feet north of the centerline 
of County Road #5 some 0.75 miles to a point where the county road 
enters privately-owned land in the east one-half of the NE\1/4\ of 
Section 26, T. 35 N., R. 9 W.;
    Then south along the private land boundary some 0.5 mile to the 
section line between Sections 26 and 35, east on the line between 
sections 26 and 35, and sections 25 and 36, some 1.25 miles to the 
common corner of Sections 25, 30, 31 and 36, T. 35 N., Rs. 8 and 9, W., 
south some 0.5 miles to the \1/4\ corner of sections 31 and 36, T. 34 
N., Rs. 8 and 9 W., east to the center \1/4\ section 31, north on the 
N. and S. centerline of sections 30 and 31, some 0.9 mile to a point 
100 feet north of Mohave County Road #5;
    Then easterly along a line offset 100 feet north of the centerline 
of Mohave County Road #5 some 3,000 feet to a point where the county 
road adjoins the private land boundary on the section line between 
Sections 29 and 30, T. 35 N., R. 8 W.;
    Then south and east along the private land boundary some 0.5 miles 
to the North and South center line of Section 29, and north along N. 
and S. centerlines of sections 20 and 29 some 0.9 miles to a point 30 
feet northwest of Mohave County Road #1530 where said road veers 
northeast from the private land boundary;
    Then northeasterly along a line offset 30 feet north and west of 
Mohave County Road #1530 some 2 miles to a point where said road enters 
privately-owned land on the section line between Sections 9 and 16, T. 
35 N., R. 8 W.;
    Then east on the line between sections 9 and 16, and 10 and 15, 
some 1.3 miles to the common corner of sections 10, 11, 14 and 15, T. 
35 N., R. 8 W., and north on the line between sections 10 and 11, and 
sections 2 and 3, some 1.5 miles to a point offset 100 feet north of 
the centerline of Mohave County Road #717;
    Then easterly along a line offset 100 feet north of Mohave County 
Road #717 some 6 miles to a point offset 100 feet east of the 
centerline of Mohave County Road #5, which is the intersection of 
Mohave County Roads #717 and #5 in the SW\1/4\ of Section 34, T. 36 N., 
R. 7 W.;
    Then southeasterly along a line offset 100 feet east of the 
centerline of County Road #5 some 1,300 feet to the section line 
between Sections 34 and 3, Ts. 35, 36 N., R. 7 W.;
    Then east along the section line between Sections 34 and 3, Ts. 35, 
36 N., R. 7 W. to a point some 1,495 feet east of the north quarter 
corner of Section 3, T. 35 N., R. 7 W.;
    Then southeasterly from said point some 500 feet to a point on the 
rim on the east side of Toroweap Valley at an elevation of 5,800 feet 
in the SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of Section 3, T. 35 N., R. 7 W.;
    Then southerly along the east rim of Toroweap Valley some 6 miles 
to a geographic point at the intersection of Toroweap Valley and Broad 
Canyon at an elevation of approximately 5,680 feet in Section 28, T. 35 
N., R. 7 W.;
    Then easterly along the northern rim of Broad Canyon some 3.6 miles 
to a point southwest of two small reservoirs in the northeast corner of 
Section 23, T. 35 N., R. 7 W.;
    Then southerly across the wash to a point of equal elevation to the 
previous point and along the rim southwesterly and easterly to a point 
where said rim intersects with the boundary of Grand Canyon National 
Park on the section line between Sections 23 and 26, T. 35 N, R. 7 W.;
    Then southerly and westerly along the Grand Canyon National Park 
boundary to a point 300 feet landward of the high water level of Lake 
Mead (Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal boundary) in Section 30, T. 32 
N., R. 15 W., which is just north of Colorado River mile 277;

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    Then northerly and westerly along the Bureau of Reclamation 
withdrawal boundary, which is a line 300 feet landward of the high 
water mark of Lake Mead, to the point of beginning.

    Note: Roads referenced in this document are as depicted on the 
following 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle maps (with date of 
publication): Poverty Knoll (1971), Poverty Spring (1971), Last 
Chance Canyon (1971), Jones Hill (1971), Mt. Trumbull NW (1967), Mt. 
Trumbull NE (1967), Mustang Knoll (1979), Wolf Hole Mtn. West 
(1979), St. George Canyon (1979) and Mt. Bangs (1985).


Becky J. Hammond,
Acting Field Manager.

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