[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16029-16030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05310]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-TRAILS-34831; PS.SPPFL0088.00.1]


Lands Chief, National Trails Land Resources Program Office; 
Delegation of Authority

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notification of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: Delegation from the National Park Service's Director to the 
Lands Chief of the National Trails Land Resources Program Office 
(National Trails Lands Office), for the execution of the land 
acquisition program for National Trails administered by the National 
Park Service.

DATES: The effective date of this delegation is March 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES: National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1849 C 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam McLay, Chief of Land Resources 
Division, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 
20240, telephone (202) 354-6954.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recognizing that National Trails have unique 
acquisition authority and in order to streamline and create 
efficiencies for National Trail land transactions, the National Park 
Service's Director has delegated authority to the Lands Chief for the 
National Trails Lands Office to execute the land acquisition program 
for National Trails administered by the National Park Service, pursuant 
to the National Trails System Act of 1968, as amended. This includes 
contracting for acquisition of lands and related properties; accepting 
offers to sell to, or exchange with the United States lands or 
interests in lands, and executing of all necessary agreements and 
conveyances incidental thereto; accepting deeds conveying to the United 
States lands or interests in lands; approving on behalf of the National 
Park Service offers of settlement in condemnation cases; providing 
relocation assistance; and approving claims for reimbursement under 
Public Law 91-646, as amended.

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This delegation does not include establishing land acquisition 
priorities for the National Trails or approving acquisitions, which are 
delegated to the Regional Directors.

Charles F. Sams, III,
Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-05310 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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