[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 28676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13154]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NER-DEWA-22315; PS.SDEWA0040.00.1]


Boundary Adjustment at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
Area

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of boundary adjustment.

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SUMMARY: The boundary of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is 
adjusted to include three parcels of land totaling 1,055.89 acres of 
land, more or less. Fee simple interest in two parcels and a right-of-
way over the third parcel will be donated by the Conservation Fund to 
the United States along with fee simple interest in 35.39 acres of 
other land already within the boundary. These properties are all 
located in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

DATES: The effective date of this boundary adjustment is June 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The map depicting this boundary adjustment is available for 
inspection at the following locations: National Park Service, Land 
Resources Program Center, Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, and National Park Service, Department 
of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent John J. Donahue, 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 1978 River Road (Off 
US209), Bushkill, PA 18324, telephone (570) 426-2418.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 16 
U.S.C. 460o-2(b), the boundary of Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area is adjusted to include three parcels totaling 1,055.89 
acres of land in Pike County, Pennsylvania: 1,054.26 acres (Tax Map 
Nos. 175.00-02-06, 176.00-02-01 and 183.00-01-19) in Lehman and 
Delaware Townships; and 0.47 acre (portion of Tax Map No. 113.00-01-
05.004) and 1.16 acres (right-of-way over a portion of Tax Map No. 
113.00-01-05.003) in Milford Township. The two parcels in Milford 
Township, together with 35.39 acres of fee interest already within the 
boundary (remaining portion of Tax Map No. 113.00-01-05.004, also known 
as Tract 12795 in the National Recreation Area), are part of a single 
property that cannot be subdivided. This boundary adjustment is 
depicted on Map No. 620/137,770 dated April, 2017.
    Specifically, 16 U.S.C. 460o-2(b) states that the Secretary of the 
Interior may make adjustments in the boundary of the national 
recreation area by publication of the amended description thereof in 
the Federal Register: Provided, that the area encompassed by such 
revised boundary shall not exceed the acreage included within the 
detailed boundary first described in the Federal Register on June 7, 
1977 (42 FR 29071-29103). This boundary adjustment does not exceed the 
acreage of the detailed boundary so described. The Conservation Fund is 
in contract to acquire the property in Lehman and Delaware Townships 
and owns the fee parcel and right-of-way in Milford Township (along 
with Tract 12795). The Conservation Fund will convey all of these 
properties, including Tract 12795, to the United States without cost to 
help mitigate the effects of the upgrade and expansion of the 
Susquehanna-Roseland electric transmission line across approximately 
4.3 miles of the National Recreation Area.

    Dated: May 3, 2017.
Joshua R. Laird,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-13154 Filed 6-22-17; 8:45 am]
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