[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3161]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Boundary Modification

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to modify boundary.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service hereby gives notice of a proposed minor 
boundary modification for the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cowlitz County, Washington. 
The Act of August 26, 1982, establishing the Monument requires public 
notice of proposed boundary changes for a 60-day period prior to final 
approval by the Secretary of Agriculture.

DATES: The 60-day notice period expires April 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph Bauman, Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090, telephone: (202) 205-1248; or Bruce Watson, 
Assistant Lands Staff Officer, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, P.O. 
Box 8944, Vancouver, Washington 98668-8944, telephone: (206) 750-5103.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 1(b)(2) of the 
Act of August 26, 1982 (96 Stat. 301), establishing the Mount St. 
Helens National Volcanic Monument, the Secretary of Agriculture 
proposes a minor modification of the originally adopted boundary of the 
Monument. The modification will remove approximately 1.93 acres from 
the 111,500-acre Monument.
    The current boundary of the Monument follows the east-west 
centerline of Section 35 to the south right-of-way line of State Route 
504. The revision would delete a strip of land 100 feet wide containing 
Weyerhaeuser Company's access road to their lands north of the 
Monument.
    The purpose of this boundary change is to recognize the newly 
created land ownership pattern in the area. During the negotiations 
with Weyerhaeuser Company for the acquisition of their property, it was 
agreed to exclude this 1.93 acre parcel. The acquisition of the 
Weyerhaeuser Company lands was completed in April of 1993, and a minor 
modification of the boundary is appropriate in this area.
    The legal description of the boundary change is as follows: All 
descriptions are for the Willamette Meridian, Cowlitz County, 
Washington.

    A strip of land 100 feet wide, 50 feet on each side of the 
following described centerline, as surveyed and filed in VOL. 12 
PAGE 78, Cowlitz County, Washington. Beginning at the West \1/4\ 
corner of section 35, T. 10 N., R. 4 E., thence S 88 deg.-41'-06'' 
E, along the East-West centerline of section 35, a distance of 
2483.41 feet to the intersection of the centerline of Weyerhaeuser 
road number 3500, and the true point of beginning; thence southerly 
with the centerline of Weyerhaeuser road number 3500, S 
18 deg.-19'-24'' E a distance of 290.23 feet to the beginning of a 
curve concave to the West, having a radius of 247.03 feet, thence 
southerly 98.67 feet along said curve with a central angle of 
22 deg.-53'-04'' to the end of said curve, thence S 4 deg.-33'-40'' 
W a distance of 114.01 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to 
the West, having a radius of 245.21 feet, thence southwesterly 
206.80 feet along said curve with a central angle of 
48 deg.-19'-21'' to the end of said curve, thence S 52 deg.-53'-01'' 
E a distance of 130.34 feet to the intersection with the Northerly 
right of way for State Highway number 504.

    Maps showing this modification are available at the Office of the 
Forest Supervisor, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 6926 E. Fourth 
Plain Blvd, Vancouver, Washington, and at the Office of the Monument 
Manager, Chelatchie, Washington. Notice has also been given to 
congressional committees as required by the Act. A notice of final 
action on this boundary revision will be published in the Federal 
Register following the 60-day period.

    Dated: February 2, 1995.
Sterling J. Wilcox,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief.
[FR Doc. 95-3161 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
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