[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14636]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Realty Action for Proposed Land Exchange

SUMMARY: A land exchange is proposed of a federally owned conservation 
easement on privately owned lands for a similar conservation easement 
on adjacent privately owned lands, located in Lake Clark National 
Preserve, and the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
    I. The following described federally owned conservation easement, 
which was acquired by the National Park Service in 1992, has been 
determined to be suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority for 
this exchange is section 1302 (h), Public Law 96-487, Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980. The current 
federally owned conservation easement is within the boundary of Lake 
Clark National Preserve. It is not required for retention, in that park 
unit. This federal conservation easement, which is proposed for 
disposal, is a 40-acre portion of a 66-acre conservation easement 
(Tract No. 08-107) that was acquired by the United States of America by 
deed recorded in Deed Book 20 on Page 528 of the Iliamna Recording 
District, Alaska. The land has been surveyed for cultural resources and 
endangered and threatened species. These reports are available upon 
request from the National Park Service Land Resources Program Center at 
the address set forth below.
    Fee ownership to the federally owned property (conservation 
easement) is to be exchanged. Conveyance of the interest in land by the 
United States of America will be done by a Quitclaim Deed.
    II. In exchange for the portion of the conservation easement 
identified in section 1 (above) the United States of America will 
acquire a 53-acre conservation easement on adjoining lands (Tract No. 
08-106) that are currently owned by Ms. Bella Hammond, and which also 
lie within the boundary of Lake Clark National Preserve. The exchange 
will consolidate lands in protected status and lands subject to 
development. The value of the property interests exchanged shall be 
determined by current fair market value appraisals, and if they are not 
appropriately equal, the values shall be equalized by payment of cash 
as circumstances require. Detailed information concerning this 
exchange, including precise legal descriptions, is contained in an 
environmental assessment, cultural reports, and Finding of No 
Significant Impact, which are available at the National Park Service, 
Land Resources Office, 2525 Gambell Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-
2892, or call 907-257-2590. For a period of 45 calendar days from the 
date of this notice, interested parties may submit comments to the 
above address. 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: May 6, 2003.
Marcia Blaszen,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 03-14636 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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