[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20859-20860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9119]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Realty Action, Independence National Historical Park, 
Pennsylvania and Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of land exchange.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a proposed exchange of a 0.87-acre 
parcel of Federal land in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, for a 78-
acre parcel of privately owned land in Lower Providence Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The federally owned land is located 
within the boundary of Independence National Historical Park (INDE). 
The privately owned land is located within the boundary of Valley Forge 
National Historical Park (VAFO).
    All current compliance documents for this exchange are available on 
the following National Park Service (NPS) PEPC Web site: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?parkId=245&projectId=28017.
    I. The federally owned land has been determined to be suitable for 
disposal by exchange. The authority for this exchange is 16 U.S.C. 
460l-22(b). The Federal property to be exchanged is identified as INDE 
Tract 01-182. The United States, National Park Service, acquired this 
land during the 1950s from various owners. The conveyance deeds are 
recorded at the Recorder of

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Deeds Office of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
    The United States will convey fee simple title to INDE Tract 01-182 
by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed. The deed will impose permanent 
restrictions and reserve rights to the United States. A copy of the 
deed restrictions can also be found on the NPS PEPC Web site.
    II. In exchange for the land described in paragraph I above, the 
United States will acquire fee simple title to the surface and mineral 
estates of VAFO Tract 101-60. This unimproved 78-acre parcel is owned 
by The National Center for the American Revolution. This parcel abuts 
the Walnut Hill complex of the Park, which contains significant 
encampment period buildings and ruins. The acquisition of this tract 
allows NPS to protect the resources in perpetuity and provides VAFO the 
ability to fully interpret the encampment of the Continental Army.
    III. The values of the properties to be exchanged shall be 
determined by a current market value appraisal and if they are not 
approximately equal, the values shall be equalized by payment of cash 
as circumstances require.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of this notice, interested 
parties may submit written comments to the Park Superintendents at the 
addresses listed below. 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. 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 request in your comment 
that your personal identifying information be withheld from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod, Independence National Historical Park, 
143 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phone: 215-597-7120; 
or,
Superintendent Michael Caldwell, Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
1400 North Outer Line Drive, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, 
Phone: 610-783-1037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act of July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 356, as 
amended, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire private 
property or interests within a unit of the National Park System in 
exchange for federally owned property or interests administered by the 
Department. The federally owned property must be (a) suitable for 
exchange, (b) located in the same State as the private property to be 
acquired, and (c) approximately equal in value or susceptible to being 
equalized with cash payments.

    Dated: April 9, 2010.
Dennis Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-9119 Filed 4-20-10; 8:45 am]
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