[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19236-19237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8167]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Realty Action Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action--Proposed exchange of interests in 
federally-owned land for privately-owned land in Camden County, State 
of Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore.

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SUMMARY: The following described federally-owned land acquired by the 
National Park Service has been determined to be suitable for disposal 
by exchange. The selected Federal land is within the boundary of 
Cumberland Island National Seashore. The authority for this exchange is 
section 2 of Public Law 92-536 (86 Stat. 1066), which authorized the 
Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, and interests 
therein on the Cumberland Island National Seashore by purchase, 
donation, or exchange, and section 5 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act Amendments in Pub. L. 90-401 (80 Stat. 356), approved July 15, 
1968. This notice is published pursuant to Section 11.5.1 of the 
National Park Service Land Acquisition Procedures Manual.

DATES: Comments on this proposed land exchange will be accepted until 
May 27, 2004.

ADDRESS: Detailed information concerning this exchange including the 
precise legal descriptions, Land Protection Plan, and environmental 
assessment are available at Cumberland Island National Seashore, P.O. 
Box 806, St. Marys, Georgia 31558. Comments may also be mailed to this 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Cumberland Island 
National Seashore, P.O. Box 806, St. Marys, Georgia 31558, Telephone: 
912-882-4336, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fee ownership of the following federally-

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owned property is to be exchanged: Tract Number 02-213 is a 32.14-acre 
upland tract in the southern portion of Cumberland Island National 
Seashore. This tract includes a life estate (15.1 acres, with dwelling) 
and is located immediately to the north of, and contiguous to, a 
private tract of 206.13 acres owned by Greyfield Land Corp. In exchange 
for the foregoing lands, the United States of America will acquire a 
52.2-acre tract (NPS Tract No. 02-212) containing 21 acres of upland. 
This tract is owned by Greyfield Ltd. and lies within an area 
designated by Congress as potential wilderness.
    The terms of the exchange are set forth in a contract by and among 
Greyfield Ltd., The Nature Conservancy, and the National Park Service. 
The parties agreed to the exchange in order to resolve a dispute that 
arose during the sale of the former Greyfield North tract to The Nature 
Conservancy for eventual conveyance to the National Park Service. As a 
result of the exchange agreement, the parties completed the final 
phases of the Greyfield North transaction in 1999, with the 
understanding that the land exchange was to be completed by July 1, 
2004.
    An archeological survey completed in 2003 revealed that the 
exchange tract contains potentially significant archeological resources 
that may be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic 
Places. The National Park Service has determined that the proposed 
exchange would have an adverse effect on these resources. Accordingly, 
the National Park Service proposes to mitigate this adverse effect by 
conducting extensive data recovery from the site, with curation, prior 
to the exchange.
    The value of the properties to be exchanged shall be determined by 
a current fair market 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: January 5, 2004.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 04-8167 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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