[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 4816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1680]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Establishment of Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit, Alexander, 
Jackson, and Union Counties, IL

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 24, 2004, the Deputy Under Secretary of Natural 
Resources and Environment created the Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit. 
This purchase unit comprises 60,000 acres, more or less, within 
Alexander, Jackson, and Union Counties, Illinois. A copy of the 
establishment document, which includes the legal description of the 
lands within the purchase unit, appears at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Establishment of this purchase unit was effective 
October 24, 2004.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map showing the purchase unit is on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director, Lands 
Staff, 4th Floor-South, Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Forest 
Service, USDA, 201 14th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20250, between the 
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days. Those wishing to 
inspect the map are encouraged to call ahead to (202) 205-1248 to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory C. Smith, Acting Director, 
Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 
20090-6090, telephone: (202) 205-1248.

    Dated: January 19, 2005.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

Establishment of the Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit; Alexander, 
Jackson, and Union Counties, State of Illinois

    The following described lands lying adjacent or proximate to the 
Shawnee National Forest are determined to be suitable for the 
protection of the watersheds of navigable streams and for other 
purposes in accordance with section 6 of the Weeks Act of 1911 (16 
U.S.C. 515). Therefore, in furtherance of the authority of the 
Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the Weeks Act of 1911, as 
amended, including section 17 of the National Forest Management Act 
of 1976 (Pub. L. 94-588; 90 Stat. 2961), these lands are hereby 
designated and established as the Middle Mississippi purchase unit.
    All that certain tract of land lying within the watershed of the 
Mississippi River and other streams and tributaries of the 
Mississippi River Floodplain. The intent of this description is to 
describe a portion of land in the counties of Jackson, Union, and 
Alexander, and lying in the following Townships: Township 10 South, 
Range 3 West, Township 10 South, Range 4 West, Township 11 South, 
Range 3 West, Township 11 South, Range 4 West, Township 12 South, 
Range 2 West, Township 12 South, Range 3 West, Township 12 South, 
Range 4 West, Township 13 South, Range 2 West, Township 13 South, 
Range 3 West, Township 14 South, Range 3 West, Township 14 South, 
Range 4 West; said tract more particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at a point on the Westerly line of the Shawnee 
National Forest, said point being near the center of Section 18, 
Township 10 South, Range 3 West, and being near the intersection of 
State Route 3 and Power Plant Road, Jackson County, Illinois; thence 
along said westerly line of Shawnee National Forest, through 
portions of Township 10 South, Range 3 West, and Township 10 South 
Range 4 West, to a point on the banks of the Mississippi River; 
thence departing said Shawnee National, Southerly, along the 
meanders of the banks of the Mississippi River, passing through 
portions of Jackson, Union and Alexander counties, Illinois, and 
passing through portions of Township 10 South, Range 4 West, 
Township 11 South Range 4 West, Township 12 South, Range 4 West, 
Township 12 South, Range 3 West, Township 13 South, Range 3 West, 
Township 14 South, Range 3 West, Township 14 South, Range 4 West, to 
a point on the South line of Section 32, Township 14 South, Range 3 
West; thence departing said meanders of the banks of the Mississippi 
River, Easterly, along the South line of Township 14 South, Range 3 
West, to a point on the Westerly line of the Shawnee National 
Forest, said point being near the South Quarter corner of Section 
33, Township 14 South, Range 3 West, and being near the city of 
Gale; thence departing said South line of Township 14 South, Range 3 
West, Northerly, along the Westerly line of the Shawnee National 
Forest passing through portions of Alexander, Union and Jackson 
counties, and passing through portions of Township 14 South, Range 3 
West, Township 13 South, Range 3 West, Township 13 South, Range 2 
West, Township 12 South, Range 2 West, Township 12 South, Range 3 
West, Township 11 South, Range 3 West, and Township 10 South Range 3 
West, to the point of beginning.

    Executed in Washington, DC this 23rd day of October, 2004.

Mark Rey,

Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.

[FR Doc. 05-1680 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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