[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72437-72438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30167]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Minor Boundary Revision at Colorado National Monument

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of Boundary Revision.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 460l-
9(c)(1), the boundary of Colorado National Monument is modified to 
include an additional two and forty-five hundredths (2.45) acres of 
land identified as Tract 01-140, tax parcel number 2697-343-04-009. The 
land is located in Mesa County, Colorado, immediately adjacent to the 
current eastern boundary of Colorado National Monument. The boundary 
revision is depicted on Map No. 119/106,532 dated January 2011. The map 
is available for inspection at the following locations: National Park 
Service, Intermountain Land Resources Program Center, 12795 W. Alameda 
Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80225-0287 and National Park Service, Department 
of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Park Service, Glenna F. 
Vigil, Chief, Land Resources Program Center, Intermountain Region, P.O. 
Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287, (303) 969-2610.

DATES: The effective date of this boundary revision is November 23, 
2011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 16 U.S.C. 460l-9(c)(1) provides that, after 
notifying the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to make this boundary revision upon publication 
of notice in the Federal Register. The Committees have been notified of 
this boundary revision. Inclusion of these lands within the monument 
boundary will enable the landowner to sell the subject land to the 
National Park Service. The inclusion and acquisition of this property 
will enable the National Park Service to provide expanded parking 
facilities at

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the Lower Monument Canyon Trailhead. Additionally, the boundary 
revision will provide increased visitor safety while entering and 
exiting the Lower Monument Canyon Trailhead Parking Area and will 
prevent further damage to the natural and cultural resources in the 
area.

    Dated: June 20, 2011.
John Wessels,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-30167 Filed 11-22-11; 8:45 am]
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