[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 215 (Monday, November 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 57698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26944]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Acceptance of Concurrent Jurisdiction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) has accepted conveyance from 
the State of Arizona on behalf of the United States concurrent criminal 
jurisdiction over federally-owned and controlled lands and waters 
administered by the National Park Service within Chiricahua National 
Monument, Coronado National Memorial and Fort Bowie National Historic 
Site in Cochise County, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Southeast Arizona 
Group, 4101 East Montezuma Canyon Road, Hereford, AZ 85615, or (520) 
366-5515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 37 
Section 620, the governor of the State, upon receipt of a written 
request from the United States, may cede concurrent criminal 
jurisdiction over federal lands to the United States. On April 23, 
2009, the Honorable Janice K. Brewer, Governor of the State of Arizona, 
ceded concurrent jurisdiction to the United States for all lands and 
waters owned or to be acquired by the National Park Service within the 
authorized boundaries of Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado 
National Memorial, and Fort Bowie National Historic Site. On September 
22, 2009, Dan Wenk, Acting Director of the National Park Service, under 
the authority granted in Title 40 United States Code, Section 3112, 
accepted the cession of jurisdiction from the State of Arizona.

    Dated: October 14, 2009.
Rick Obernesser,
Acting Associate Director, Visitor and Resource Protection, National 
Park Service.
[FR Doc. E9-26944 Filed 11-6-09; 8:45 am]
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