[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21361]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Transfer of Land to Forest Service

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of land transfer.

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SUMMARY: On January 13, 2010, the Deputy Administrator of the Farm 
Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and on March 16, 2010, 
the Deputy Chief of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
respectively signed a land transfer agreement transferring 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federally owned lands in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the Farm Service Agency to the Forest 
Service. This administrative transfer is authorized by Section 354 of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Title 7 U.S.C. 2002).
    Pursuant to the land transfer agreement between the Farm Service 
Agency and the Forest Service, the approximately 432.14 acres 
referenced in this notice are hereafter to be managed as components of 
the National Forest System under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Forest Service.

DATES: This notice is effective August 27, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louisa Herrera, National Title Claims 
Program Manager, Lands and Realty Management, USDA, Forest Service, 
(202) 205-1255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land transfer is authorized by Title 7, 
United States Code, section 2002, in that the lands have special 
management importance and are environmentally sensitive within the 
Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Watershed and the core 
segment of the Karst Belt. In accordance with Title 7, United States 
Code, section 2002(b), the requisite conditions of public notices of 
the transfer have been met by the Farm Service Agency, including 
consultation with the Governor of Puerto Rico and with elected 
municipal officials.
    The land transfer consists of two separate parcels of land with one 
parcel consisting of two tracts and the other parcels consisting of 
three tracts, described as follows:
    1. That real property acquired by the USDA-FSA through a Deed of 
Judicial Sale number four hundred ninety-five (495), executed in San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, on October twenty-one of nineteen ninety-seven 
(October 21, 1997), before Notary Public Miquel Bauza Rolon. Said 
property being USDA-FSA Property 63-006-00044 (Montes-Mandes); 
being comprised of a tract of 214.208 cuerdas, a tract of 106.04 
cuerdas, and a tract of 36.70 cuerdas; and being located at PR 
712, km. 10.5 Int. and PR 7712, Palo Sector, Carmen Ward, 
Guayama, PR.
    2. That real property acquired by the USDA-FSA through a Deed of 
Judicial Sale number three (3), executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 
July eleventh of nineteen ninety-four (July 11, 1994), before Notary 
Public Bolivar Dones Rivera, pending for recording at the date at page 
402, diary 284 of the Register of Property, Section 
of Manati. Said property being USDA-FSA Property 63-031-00114 
(Guevara-Delgado); being comprised of a tract of 20.00 cuerdas and a 
tract of 68.00 cuerdas; and being located at PR 667, km. 1.8, 
Int. Florida Afuera Ward, Florida, PR.

    Dated: August 11, 2010.
Joel Holtrop,
Deputy Chief, NFS.
[FR Doc. 2010-21361 Filed 8-26-10; 8:45 am]
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