Jurisdictional transfers: Wupatki National Monument, AZ,

[Federal Register: July 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 143)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Jurisdictional Transfers; Wupatki National Monument

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, Wupatki National Monument.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management had administrative jurisdiction over certain lands and/or interests therein within the area generally depicted as ``Proposed Addition 168.89 Acres'' on the map entitled ``Boundary--Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments, Arizona,'' numbered 322-80,021, and dated April 1989. A May 27, 1998, memorandum from the Arizona State Director of the Bureau of Land Management confirmed the public land records have been noted to show the 168.89 acres as being within Wupatki National Monument, and administrative jurisdiction is transferred to the National Park Service. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 207 of Public Law 104-333, 110 Stat. 4093, administrative jurisdiction on the 168.89 acres is now in the National Park Service, subject to prior existing rights and applicable laws and regulations. The specific lands and/or interests, subject to this notice include 168.89 acres of both surface and mineral interests.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maps and other documents associated with the transfer of the lands and minerals within the proposed addition to Wupatki National Monument may be reviewed at the Arizona State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, and at Wupatki National Monument Headquarters, 6400 North Highway 89, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004.

Dated: June 24, 1998. John E. Cook, Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 98-19749Filed7-24-98; 8:45 am]

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