[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1649]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Minor Boundary Revision at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
Area

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of boundary revision and land exchange.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the revision to the boundary of Delaware 
Water Gap National Recreation Area, pursuant to the Act specified 
below, to include a 6.67-acre parcel of adjacent land identified as 
Tract 921 located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 
and depicted on a map prepared by the National Park Service entitled 
``Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Proposed Boundary,'' 
dated November 7, 2007, and numbered 620/80,055. The United States will 
acquire Tract 921 in exchange for 1.22 acres of Federal land also 
located within Monroe County.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Delaware Water Gap 
National Recreation Area, Headquarters, River Road at Route 209, 
Bushkill, PA 18324. Telephone 570-426-2418. Before including your 
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 89-158, as amended, authorizes 
the Secretary of the Interior to make adjustments in the boundary of 
the national recreation area by publication of the amended description 
thereof in the Federal Register and to acquire, by such means as he may 
deem to be in the public interest, such lands and interests therein 
included in the area by reason of the boundary adjustment. Pursuant to 
that authority, the boundary of the national recreation area is revised 
to include 6.67 acres located adjacent to the present boundary and 
identified as Tract 921. Thereafter the Secretary will convey to the 
Borough of Delaware Water Gap 1.22 acres of Federal land located in the 
Borough identified as Tract 574 within the Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area, and, in exchange, the Borough will convey Tract 921 to 
the United States. Both tracts will remain within the national 
recreation area boundary. The purpose for the exchange is to convey to 
the Borough land that has been traditionally used for summer festivals 
in exchange for land that will provide additional buffer from large-
scale housing projects planned for the area.
    The maps are on file and available for inspection in the Lands, 
Concessions and Leasing Division of Realty, National Park Service 
Northeast Regional Office, U.S. Custom House, 200 Chestnut Street, Room 
324, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2988, and in the Offices of the 
National Park Service Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.

    Dated: November 9, 2007.
Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
 [FR Doc. E8-1649 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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