Boundary Adjustment at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
| Published date | 24 June 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 37959 |
| Record Number | 2020-13650 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Interior Department,National Park Service |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37959-37960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13650]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-NER-DEWA-29185; PS.SDEWA0040.001]
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 two parcels of land totaling 45.22 acres of land,
more or less. The fee simple interest in 44.11 acres will be donated to
the United States by The Conservation Fund and the fee simple interest
in 1.11 acres is already owned by the United States. These properties
are located in Pike County and Monroe County, Pennsylvania,
respectively.
DATES: The effective date of this boundary adjustment is June 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The map depicting this boundary adjustment is available for
inspection at the following locations: National Park Service, Land
Resources Program Center, Interior Region 1, 1234 Market Street, 20th
Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, and National Park
[[Page 37960]]
Service, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC
20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Realty Officer Jennifer Cherry,
National Park Service, Land Resources Program Center, Interior Region 1
at 115 John Street, 5th Floor, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852; telephone
(978) 970-5260; email [email protected].
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 two properties totaling 45.22
acres of land in Pennsylvania: 44.11 acres are identified as Parcel No.
183.00-01-29.003--in Lehman Township, Pike County; and 1.11 acres that
are a portion of the undeveloped roadways located south of Huckleberry
Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County. This boundary
adjustment is depicted on Map No. 620/165,341 dated October, 2019.
Specifically, 16 U.S.C. 460o-2(b) states that the Secretary of the
Interior may make adjustments to the boundary of Delaware Water Gap
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
owns the property in Pike County and will convey it 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. The property
in Monroe County is already owned by the United States pursuant to a
prior conveyance from The Conservation Fund for the same purpose.
Gay Vietzke,
Regional Director, Interior Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2020-13650 Filed 6-23-20; 8:45 am]
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