[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 36873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16290]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Establishment of Divided Mountain Purchase Unit, Grayson County, 
Virginia

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On September 26, 2017 the Under Secretary of Natural Resources 
and the Environment created the Divided Mountain Unit. This purchase 
unit comprises 112.3 acres within Grayson County, Virginia. A legal 
description of lands within the purchase unit appears at the end of 
this notice.

APPLICABLE DATE: The Forest Service established this purchase unit on 
September 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map showing the purchase unit is on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director, Lands 
Staff, First Floor-Southeast, Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Forest 
Service, USDA, 201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC 20250, between the 
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days. Those wishing to 
inspect the map are encouraged to call ahead to (202) 205-1248 to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Heikkila, Acting Director of 
Lands and Realty Management, by phone at 202-205-2818. Individuals who 
use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 twenty-four hours a 
day, every day of the year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Divided Mountain Project, legally 
described below, will provide additional road access into Cherokee 
National Forest and additional access to Pond Mountain State Game 
Lands. State game lands allow for recreational opportunities such as 
hiking, fishing, hunting, and cross country skiing. Acquisition of the 
Divided Mountain Tract will provide opportunities to extend these 
activities into the National Forest while conserving high-elevation 
open space, mitigating wildfire risks, protecting streams and water 
quality, and protecting the nearby Rogers Ridge Scenic Area viewshed.
    All that tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the 
Wilson Magisterial District of Grayson County, Virginia, being 
described as Tax Map No. 60-A-1A, being the same tract conveyed to The 
Conservation Fund by Warranty Deed signed September 16, 2016, and 
recorded on September 23, 2016, in Deed Book 599, Pages 589-591 Grayson 
County, Virginia Circuit Court Clerk Office; this Tract is identified 
as the portion of United States of America Tract U-1601 situated in 
Virginia. Bounded on the West by the Tennessee State Line (USA Tract U-
1601), on the North by Robert Russell, on the East by Joseph Dalia, and 
on the South by the North Carolina State Line;
    Bearings are oriented to Tennessee State Plane grid north,
    Beginning on Corner 1 of USA Tract U-1601, the common corner to the 
States of Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina, which is also Corner 
1 of USA Tract U-137, being monumented by a brass disk in a large rock;
    Thence with the Tennessee State Line (USA Tract U-1601), one (1) 
line;
    1. N 48[deg]16'35'' E, 2766.22 feet to Corner 4 of USA Tract U-
1601, a standard Forest Service Monument situated in the Tennessee and 
Virginia State Line common to the lands of Russell;
    Thence with the lands of Robert Russell, one (1) line;
    1. S 72[deg]28'26'' E, 1204.95 feet to Corner 5 of USA Tract U-
1601, a standard Forest Service Monument common to the lands of Russell 
and Dalia;
    Thence with the lands of Joseph Dalia, one (1) line;
    1. S 29[deg]24'20'' E, 1962.76 feet to Corner 6 of USA Tract U-
1601, a standard Forest Service Monument situated in the Virginia and 
North Carolina State Line, common to the lands of Dalia;
    Thence with the North Carolina State Line, N 86[deg]49'30'' W, 
4183.72 feet to Corner 1 of USA Tract U-1601, the POINT OF BEGINNING, 
containing 112.304 acres more or less, with the bearings, distances and 
acres here described being as shown on the plat of survey titled 
``PROPERTY OF LOWELL K. HENSLEY AND BERNICE HENSLEY TO BE CONVEYED TO 
THE CONSERVATION FUND'' as drawn by Addison Surveyors recorded in Deed 
Book 599, page 591 Grayson County, Virginia Circuit Court Clerk Office.

End of Description

    Dated: July 13, 2018.
Gregory C. Smith,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-16290 Filed 7-30-18; 8:45 am]
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