[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Boundary Revision To Include 
Certain Adjacent Real Property

    Pursuant to the authority contained in the Act of September 3, 1964 
(Pub. L. 88-578, 78 Stat. 27), ``The Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965,'' as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-9(c)(1)(ii)), notice is 
hereby given that the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park is modified 
to include approximately 70 acres of real property adjacent to the 
park's prior boundary. This adjustment is accomplished to include two 
pieces of private property which the owners have desired to donate to 
the United States for the use of Joshua Tree National Park, as well as 
contiguous acreage which the Bureau of Land Management has identified 
as excess to its needs. The properties are described below:

Tract 1

    Parcel 1: The Southwest \1/4\ of the Southeast \1/4\ of the 
Southwest \1/4\ of Section 34, Township 1 North Range 8 East, San 
Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State of 
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
    Parcel 2: The South \1/2\ of the Northeast \1/4\ of the Southeast 
\1/4\ of the Southwest \1/4\ of Section 34, Township 1 North Range 8 
East, San Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State 
of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
    Parcel 3: The West \1/2\ of the North \1/2\ of the Southeast \1/4\ 
of the Southwest \1/4\ of Section 34, Township 1 North, Range 8 East, 
San Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State of 
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
    Parcel 4: The Southeast \1/4\ of the Southeast \1/4\ of the 
Southwest \1/4\ of Section 34, Township 1 North, Range 8 East, San 
Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State of 
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.

Tract 2

    Lots 26, 27, 28, 33 and 34 in Section 34, Township 1 North, Range 8 
East, San Bernardino Meridian, according to the Official Plat thereof.

Tract 3

    Parcel 1: The North Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 1 South, Range 
6 East, San Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State 
of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
    Parcel 2: The South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 1 South, Range 
6 East, San Bernardino Meridian, in the County of San Bernardino, State 
of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
    These revisions in the park boundary are depicted on Drawing No. 
156/80,049, Sheet 1 of 1, dated April 1, 2003. This map is on file and 
available for inspection, and further information regarding this 
boundary change is available, at the following addresses:

Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC 20240;
Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, 1111 
Jackson St., Ste. 700, Oakland, CA 94607;
Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 National Park Drive, 
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277.

    Dated: April 24, 2003.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 03-21968 Filed 8-27-03; 8:45 am]
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