[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 121 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34039-34041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13754]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-MWR-NIOB-31678; PS.SMWLA0140.00.1]


Boundary Amendment at Niobrara National Scenic River

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of boundary revision.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Judgment in Simmons v. Jarvis, 8:13CV98, Doc 
#120 (D. Neb. 2016), notice is hereby given that the boundary of 
Niobrara National Scenic River is amended to remove one tract of 
unimproved, non-Federal land, which is a portion of Tract 00001 
containing 12.45 acres more or less, located in Cherry County, 
Nebraska, currently within the Scenic Riverway boundary.

DATES: The effective date of this boundary revision is June 28, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The map depicting the boundary revision is available for 
inspection at the following locations: National Park Service, Interior 
Regions 3, 4 & 5, Land Resources Program, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, 
Nebraska 68102 and National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Chief, Land Resources Program 
Michael Bockman, National Park Service, Interior Regions 3, 4 & 5, 601 
Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, telephone (402) 661-1780.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 
1991, (Pub. L. 102-50, 105 Stat. 254), designated certain segments of 
the Niobrara River in Nebraska as components of the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System. Included within the boundary of the designated river are 
12.45 acres of unimproved non-Federal land.
    The Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act is subject to the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act of October 2, 1968, (Pub. L. 90-542, 82 Stat. 
906), as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1271-1287. Section 3(b) of that Act, 16 
U.S.C. 1274(b), provides that ``Notice of availability of the 
boundaries and classification, and of subject boundary amendments shall 
be published in the Federal Register and shall not become effective 
until ninety days after they have been forwarded to the President of 
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.'' Minor 
technical boundary changes to System units are authorized by 54 U.S.C. 
100506(c).
    This boundary amendment will remove a portion of Tract 00001 
containing 12.45 acres of unimproved, non-Federal land, more or less, 
from the Niobrara National Scenic River pursuant to the Judgment of the 
U.S. District Court in Simmons v. Jarvis, 8:13CV98, Doc #120 (D. Neb. 
2016). The referenced tract for the boundary revision is depicted on 
Map No. 656/173910 dated, December 2020.
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Herbert C. Frost,
Regional Director, Interior Regions 3, 4, 5.
[FR Doc. 2021-13754 Filed 6-25-21; 8:45 am]
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