[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 28069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-931-1430-ET; AZAR 0034563]


Public Land Order No. 7675; Transfer of Administrative 
Jurisdiction, Petrified Forest National Park Expansion; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
SUMMARY: This order transfers administrative jurisdiction over 
15,228.05 acres of public lands from the Bureau of Land Management to 
the National Park Service for the expansion of the Petrified Forest 
National Park.

DATES: Effective Date: May 18, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Werner, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, One N. Central Avenue, Suite 800, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 108-430 directs the Secretary of 
the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction of public lands 
described in this order to the National Park Service to adjust the 
boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Public Law No. 108-430, 118 Stat. 2607, and Section 204 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714 (2000), 
it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, administrative jurisdiction of 
the following described public lands is hereby transferred from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 17 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\; sec. 
6, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\; sec. 12.
T. 18 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\NE\1/4\; sec. 22; sec. 28, W\1/2\; sec. 34, S\1/
2\.
T. 18 N., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 10, E\1/2\; sec. 12, N\1/2\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\.
    T. 18 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\; sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\; sec. 
30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 19 N., R. 23 E.,
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\; sec. 28.
T. 19 N., R 24 E.,
    Secs. 22, 24, and 26;
T. 19 N., R 25 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\; sec. 
5, W\1/2\SW\1/4\; sec. 6, lots 7, 12, 14, 15, and 16, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\; sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/
2\; secs. 8, 9, and 10; sec. 11, That portion lying North and West 
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's right-of way;

    Excepting that portion described as follows: Commencing at the 
Southwest corner of sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 25 E., Gila and Salt River 
Meridian; Thence South 00[deg] 03' 30'' West along the southerly 
prolongation of the westerly line of said Section 35, a distance of 
6,300 feet; Thence South 89[deg] 56' 30'' East 50.00 feet to the 
True Point of Beginning of the parcel being herein described; Thence 
continuing South 89[deg] 56' 30'' East 200.00 feet; Thence South 
00[deg] 03' 30'' West 250.00 feet; Thence North 89[deg] 56' 30'' 
West 200.00 feet; Thence North 00[deg] 03' 30'' East 250.00 feet to 
the point of ending, Containing 1.15 acres, more or less;

    Sec. 15, That portion lying North and West of the Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's right-of-way; secs. 16 and 17; 
sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\; sec. 19, 
lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\; sec. 20; sec. 21, 
That portion lying North and West of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa 
Fe Railway Company's right-of-way; sec. 29, That portion lying North 
and West of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's 
right-of-way.

    The areas described aggregate 15,228.05 acres in Apache and 
Navajo Counties.
    2. The lands described in Paragraph 1 shall be administered as part 
of the Petrified Forest National Park in accordance with the provisions 
of Public Law 108-430.

     Dated: April 5, 2007.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E7-9586 Filed 5-17-07; 8:45 am]
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