[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 44176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15308]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Boundary Amendment--Harpers Ferry National Historical 
Park

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of boundary amendment--Harpers Ferry National Historical 
Park.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service (NPS) is 
amending the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to 
include one additional tract of land containing 0.749 of an acre.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief, Land Resources Program Center, 
National Capital Region, National Park Service, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., 
Washington, DC 20242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act of June 30, 1944, c. 328, 58 Stat. 
645 (codified as amended and supplemented, 16 U.S.C. 450bb-450bb-6), 
which established Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (the Park), 
provides the Secretary of the Interior with authority to make minor 
amendments in the boundary of the Park. Such boundary amendments may be 
made, when necessary, after advising the appropriate Congressional 
committees, and following publication of a revised boundary map, 
drawing, or other boundary description in the Federal Register.
    In order to properly interpret the historic events that occurred at 
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, during the Civil War, and preserve the 
scenic character of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, it is 
necessary to revise the existing boundary to include one additional 
tract of land comprising approximately 0.749 of an acre. The inclusion 
of this tract within the boundary will increase the acreage of the Park 
to approximately 3,646.57 acres. The existing acreage ceiling for the 
Park is 3,745 acres, as set forth by Public Law 108-307, approved 
September 24, 2004. It is the intent of the National Park Service to 
purchase certain conservation easement interests in the property.
    Notice is hereby given that the exterior boundary of Harpers Ferry 
National Historical Park is amended to include the following tract of 
land described as follows:

Tract Number P102-35

     ``Those certain lots or parcel of real estate, situated on 
what is known as Bolivar Heights, and described on a plat of the 
subdivision made by S. Howell Brown, Surveyor of Jefferson County, with 
a deed from Brackett and wife and Lightner and wife to Mary G. Moore of 
date August 22, 1895, as follows:
    Lots numbered 42, 44 and 46, in Block C and containing 0.749 acres, 
as shown on the plat of said lots prepared by Appalachian Surveys, 
Inc., dated November 14, 1988.
    Being part of the same property conveyed to Scot M. Faulkner by 
Laurel de Aguilar, formerly known as Laurel B. Faulkner, by a deed 
dated June 16, 1994, and recorded among the Land Records of Jefferson 
County, West Virginia in Deed Book 790, Page 295.''
    The above described parcel of land is subject to all restrictive 
covenants, conditions, easements, rights-of-way, and limitations of 
record.
    The above described parcel of land is depicted on Harpers Ferry 
National Historical Park Land Status Map numbered 385/92002, Segment 
102, dated January 6, 2005.
    All maps and drawings referenced are on file and available for 
inspection in the offices of the Land Resources Program Center, 
National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20242.

    Dated: May 31, 2007.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E7-15308 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]
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