[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 12203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05575]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SER-CONG-24776; PS.SSELA0303.00.1]


Minor Boundary Revision at Congaree National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of boundary revision.

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SUMMARY: The boundary of Congaree National Park is modified to include 
100.77 acres of land immediately adjacent to the boundary of the 
national park. The United States will purchase, from a willing seller, 
a parcel containing 100.77 acres of land. The tract encompasses the 
north half of Bates Old River and northern uplands east of Highway 601.

DATES: The applicable date of this boundary revision is March 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The map depicting this boundary revision is available for 
inspection at the following locations: National Park Service, Southeast 
Region Land Resources Program Center, 1924 Building, 100 Alabama Street 
SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 and National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Park Service, Anthony 
Marshall Acting Chief, Southeast Region Land Resources Program Center, 
1924 Building, 100 Alabama Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, telephone 
404-507-5657.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 54 
U.S.C. 100506, the boundary of Congaree National Park is modified to 
include 100.77 acres of adjacent land acres identified as Tract 101-81. 
The boundary revision is depicted on Map No. 178/132,867 dated August 
2017.
    Specifically, 54 U.S.C. 100506 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. 
This boundary revision and subsequent acquisition of Tract 101-81 will 
enable the National Park Service to manage and protect significant 
resources located in the Congaree National Park.

     Dated: January 4, 2018.
Stan Austin,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-05575 Filed 3-19-18; 8:45 am]
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