[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 43054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15359]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-IMR-ROMO-32794; PPIMROMO6P,PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000]


Conversion of Potential Wilderness to Designated Wilderness, 
Rocky Mountain National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of conversion of potential wilderness to designated 
wilderness.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964 and Public Law 111-11, 
the Secretary of the Interior has determined that all uses inconsistent 
with wilderness designation on certain parcels of land designated as 
``potential wilderness'' within Rocky Mountain National Park have 
ceased, and these lands are now suitable to be designated and managed 
as wilderness. These lands consist of: (1) 7.12 acres, more or less, in 
the Cascade Cottages Property (portion of NPS Tract 02-108) as depicted 
on Map No. 121/138,853A dated July 15, 2021, and (2) 30.54 acres, more 
or less, in the Wild Basin Area (portions of NPS Tracts 05-107, 05-108, 
05-111 and 05-112) as depicted on Map No. 121/176,793 dated July 15, 
2021. Upon this notification in the Federal Register these lands will 
be converted to designated wilderness and will be managed as wilderness 
under the Wilderness Act.

ADDRESSES: The maps and legal descriptions are on file at Rocky 
Mountain National Park Headquarters, 1000 U.S. Hwy. 36 Estes Park, CO 
80517.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheri Yost, [email protected], Park 
Planner, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1000 E Highway 36, Estes Park, 
CO 80517, (970) 586-1320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 111-11 Sec.  1952 (123 Stat. 
1071), designated approximately 249,339 acres as wilderness in Rocky 
Mountain National Park. In January 2010, as required by the designating 
legislation, the National Park Service prepared a map and boundary 
description, Map No. 121/101,335A, entitled ``Rocky Mountain National 
Park Wilderness Boundary Descriptions,'' which included areas 
identified as ``potential wilderness.''
    Section 1952(c) of Public Law 111-11 provides that upon publication 
in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary that all uses 
inconsistent with the Wilderness Act have ceased on the land identified 
on the map as a ``Potential Wilderness Area'', the land shall be 
included in the designated wilderness area and administered as 
wilderness under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). This 
notice serves as the formal determination that all formerly prohibited 
activities have ceased. Because such lands fully comply with 
Congressional directions in section 1952(c) of Public Law 111-11, this 
notice converts a total of 37.66 acres, more or less, from potential 
wilderness to designated wilderness. This acreage will be added to the 
National Wilderness Preservation System and bring the total designated 
wilderness acreage of the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness to 
249,164 acres, more or less, with 325 acres, more or less, of potential 
wilderness acreage remaining. The potential wilderness lands hereby 
reclassified as designated wilderness by this notice are described as:

Cascade Cottages Property

    All of that portion of NPS Tract 02-108 lying 400 feet 
northwesterly of the center line of US Highway 34, containing 7.12 
acres, more or less.

Wild Basin Area

    All of those portions of NPS Tracts 05-107, 05-108, 05-111 and 05-
112 lying 100 feet from the center line of all roads and structures and 
30 feet from the center line of the existing power line that serves the 
Wild Basin Area, containing 30.54 acres, more or less.

Charles F. Sams, III,
Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-15359 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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