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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Boundary establishment, description, etc.:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notification of Boundary Revision.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Boundary Revision

DATES: The effective date of this boundary revision is December 12, 2007.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the boundary of Big Thicket National Preserve is modified to include two tracts of land adjacent to the park. This revision is made to include privately owned property that the landowners wish to donate to the United States. The National Park Service has determined that these boundary revisions will make significant contributions to the purpose for which the park was created and will allow the National Park Service complete managerial and law enforcement jurisdiction over these tracts once acquired.

SUMMARY: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The Act of October 11, 1974, Pub. L. No. 93- 439, 88 Stat. 1254, codified as amended 16 U.S.C. 698 through 698e (2006), established the Big Thicket National Preserve and provides that after notifying the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Resources, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make these boundary revisions. This action will add two tracts comprising 577.59 acres of land to the Big Thicket National Preserve. The acquisition of these tracts is required to maintain the preserve's natural and ecological integrity. Tract 22901 containing 562.09 acres and Tract 22902 containing 15.50 acres are depicted on Segment 229 having drawing no. 175/80,016 dated January 26, 2007.

Dated: August 15, 2007.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. E724066 Filed 121107; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT National Park Service, Glenna F. Vigil, Chief Land Resources Program Center, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 728 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504.

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