[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32237]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Realty Action Proposed Exchange of Federally-Owned 
Lands for State-Owned Lands Located in Alleghany County, State of North 
Carolina

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action for proposed land exchange.

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SUMMARY: The following described Federally-owned land which was 
acquired by the National Park Service has been determined to be 
suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority for this exchange is 
Public Law 87-76 (75 Stat. 196), which authorized the purchase and 
exchange of land and interests therein on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

DATES: Comments on this proposed land exchange will be accepted through 
February 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning this exchange including 
precise legal descriptions, Land Protection Plan, environmental 
assessment, and cultural reports, and Finding of No Significant Impact 
are available at the National Trails Land Resources Program Center, 
1314 Edwin Miller Boulevard, P.O. Box 908, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 
25402. Comments may also be mailed to this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy L. Brumback, Chief, Acquisition 
Division, National Park Service, National Trails Land Resources Program 
Center, P.O. Box 908, Martinsburg, WV 25402-0908. Phone: 304-263-4943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The selected interest in Federal land is 
located within the boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway and is not 
required for inclusion into the park unit area. The land has been 
surveyed for cultural resources and endangered and threatened species. 
These reports are available upon request.
    Fee ownership of the following Federally-owned property is to be 
exchanged: Tract 33-141 is a 101.971-acre portion of 145.8 acres 
acquired by the United States of America by deed recorded in book 98, 
page 545, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Alleghany 
County, State of North Carolina and in book 540, page 684, in the 
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Wilkes County, State of North 
Carolina. Conveyance of the land by the United States of America will 
be done by Quitclaim Deed.
    In exchange for the land described in the previous paragraph, the 
United States of America will acquire a 100.923-acre parcel of land 
currently owned by the State of North Carolina, lying within the 
boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Acquisition of these State lands 
will eliminate access from this parcel to the Parkway at Survey Station 
238 and prevent construction and development upon completion of the 
exchange. The lands are being acquired in fee simple with no 
reservations, subject only to rights of way and easements of record.
    The land to be acquired by the United States of America is 
described as follows: Tract 33-114 is a 100.923-acre portion of 124.48 
acres acquired by the State of North Carolina and recorded in book 219, 
page 543, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Alleghany 
County, State of North Carolina. Conveyance of the fee simple title 
will be done by a Quitclaim Deed as approved by the Solicitor's Office.
    The value of the properties exchanged will be determined by a 
current fair market value appraisal and if they are not appropriately 
equal, the values shall be equalized by payment of cash, as 
circumstances require.
    Interested parties may submit written comments to the address 
listed in the ADDRESSES paragraph. Adverse comments will be evaluated 
and this action may be modified or vacated accordingly. In the absence 
of any action to modify or vacate, this realty action will become the 
final determination of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: November 22, 2002.
Daniel W. Brown,
Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway.
[FR Doc. 02-32237 Filed 12-20-02; 8:45 am]
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