[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28427]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


River Raisin National Battlefield Park, MI ; Account Number: 6495

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notification of a New National Park, River Raisin National 
Battlefield Park.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by Section 7003 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111-11 (codified at 16 U.S.C. 
430vv), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the Secretary of the 
Interior (Secretary) has designated acquired lands related to the 
Battles of River Raisin on January 18-22, 1813, as a unit of the 
National Park System to be known as the River Raisin National 
Battlefield Park.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7003 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11) includes specific provisions 
relating to establishment of this unit of the National Park System as 
follows:
    a. If Monroe County or Wayne County, or other willing landowners in 
either county offer to donate to the United States lands relating to 
the Battles of River Raisin on January 18 and 22, 1813, or the 
aftermath of the battles, the Secretary of the Interior shall accept 
the donated land.
    b. On the acquisition of land that is of sufficient acreage to 
permit efficient administration, the Secretary shall designate the 
acquired land as a unit of the National Park System to be known as the 
River Raisin National Battlefield Park.
    The County of Monroe, the City of Monroe, and the Monroe County 
Port Authority donated land, including one improvement and the personal 
property therein, to the Federal Government on October 12, 2010, with a 
transfer of deeds. The Secretary has determined that the donation of 
these lands represents sufficient acreage to permit efficient 
management as a unit of the National Park System to be known as the 
River Raisin National Battlefield Park. This park is now a unit of the 
National Park System and subject to all laws, regulations and policy 
pertaining to such units.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Chevance, Midwest Regional 
Office, at (402) 661-1844.

    Dated: October 26, 2010.
Daniel N. Wenk,
Deputy Director, Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-28427 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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