[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24695]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


National Park Service

ACTION: Chaco Culture National Historical Park; Transfer of 
Administrative Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands

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DATES: The effective date of this Order shall be the date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

SUMMARY: Title V of the Act of December 19, 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-550, 
94 Stat. 3227, codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. 410ii through 410ii-7 
(1994), abolished Chaco Canyon National Monument and established an 
enlarged park known as Chaco Culture National Historical Park in 
northwestern New Mexico. Within the enlarged park boundaries were 
1,755.40 acres of land, more or less, owned by the State of New Mexico. 
On March 31, 2000, the Bureau of Land Management acquired the 1,755.40 
acres, in the name of the United States, in a land exchange with the 
State, along with additional lands outside the park. On August 14, 
2000, the Bureau of Land Management advised that it was transferring 
administrative jurisdiction on the 1,755.40 acres to the National Park 
Service.
    The lands and/or interests acquired by the Bureau of Land 
Management, subject to this notice, are designated as Tracts 01-154, 
01-159, 01-168, and 01-174, within the park. Notice is hereby given 
that, as of the date of publication of this notice, administrative 
jurisdiction over the lands and/or interests in land, consisting of 
1,755.40 acres, more or less, is formally transferred to the National 
Park Service.
    Maps and legal descriptions of these particular lands are available 
for inspection at Chaco Culture National Historical Park Headquarters 
and the National Park Service, Land Resources Program Center, 2968 
Rodeo Park Drive West, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

    Dated: August 31, 2000.
Karen Wade,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 00-24695 Filed 9-25-00; 8:45 am]
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