[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78021-78022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32135]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[9919-726-252Z]


Description of Boundary Addition, Noatak National Preserve

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of boundary addition description.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets out the legal description of the Noatak 
National Preserve and Wilderness Addition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Park Service, Chief, Land 
Resources Program Center, Alaska Region, 240 W. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99501, (907) 644-3426.

ADDRESSES: The map of the Noatak National Preserve and Noatak 
Wilderness is available for viewing at the National Park Service 
offices in Anchorage at 240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, 
and in Kotzebue at 171 Third Avenue, Kotzebue, Alaska 99752.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Noatak National Preserve and Wilderness were 
established on December 2, 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act. The boundaries of the Park, Preserve and Wilderness 
were published in the Federal Register on September 30, 1992. This 
notice sets out the description of a 17,168 acre addition to Noatak 
National Preserve and Wilderness: The Addition was established by 
Section 302 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 (Pub. L. 104-333, 110 Stat. 4093). The following legal description 
is to be included and made part of the descriptions of the boundaries 
for Noatak National Preserve and Noatak Wilderness as published in the 
Federal Register/Vol. 57, No. 190/Wednesday, September 30, 1992/pages 
45221 to 45224. The land is depicted on a map titled ``Noatak National 
Preserve and Noatak Wilderness Addition'', map number 189/80,041, dated 
September 1994, which is available at the National Park Service offices 
in Anchorage and Kotzebue, Alaska.

Noatak National Preserve and Wilderness Addition

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 31 N., R. 13 E. (unsurveyed),
    Secs. 4 and 5;
    Sec. 6, E\1/2\E\1/2\ E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 8 to 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 13 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 23, 24 and 25.

T. 32 N., R. 13 E. (unsurveyed),
    Sec. 31, excluding lands within National Petroleum Reserve of 
Alaska;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\.
T. 30 N., R. 14 E. (unsurveyed),
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 4 and 5;
    Sec. 6, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\, excluding lands within Gates of the Arctic 
National Park;
    Sec. 14, NW\1/4\, excluding lands within Gates of the Arctic 
National Park;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\.
T. 31 N., R. 14 E. (unsurveyed),
    Secs. 19 and 20;
    Secs. 29 to 32, inclusive.


DATES: The effective date of this boundary revision is November 12, 
1996.

    Dated: November 15, 2011.
Sue E. Masica,
Regional Director, Alaska Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-32135 Filed 12-14-11; 8:45 am]
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