Boundary Revision, Proposed Land Exchange, and Opportunity for Public Comment, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo Unit, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Boundary Revision, Proposed Land Exchange, and Opportunity for

Public Comment, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo Unit, San

Antonio Missions National Historical Park

DATES: The effective date of this Order shall be the date of the

Federal Register publication in which this Order appears.

SUMMARY: Title II, section 201 of the Act of November 10, 1978, Public

Law 95-629, 92 Stat. 3636, codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. 410ee

(1994), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, after advising the

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate

and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of

Representatives, in writing, to make minor revisions to the boundaries

of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (hereinafter SAAN)

when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary

description in the Federal Register. That statute also authorizes the

Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation, purchase with donated

or appropriated funds, or exchange, lands and interests therein

constituting the area generally described as Mission San Jose y San

Miguel de Aguayo and such lands and interests therein which the

Secretary determines are necessary or desirable to provide for public

access to, and interpretation and protection of, Mission San Jose y San

Miguel de Aguayo.

The boundary revision would add to the park boundary a 0.02-acre

parcel of land known as SAAN Tract 102-18, owned by L & H Packing Co.

of San Antonio, Texas. The National Park Service then proposes to

exchange a 0.02-acre parcel of land known as SAAN Tract 102-19, which

is located outside the park boundaries for said SAAN Tract 102-18. The

boundary revision and exchange are required to provide safe access to

the Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo Unit of SAAN by enlarging

the view area for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the intersection

on New Napier Avenue and San Jose Drive.

Appraisals have been completed and approved on all the tracts

involved in the exchange. Both parties have determined that the lands

and interests therein to be exchanged are of equal value.

Tract 102-18 and Tract 102-19 are depicted on SAAN land acquisition

status map segment 102, drawing number 472/80,026-D, prepared by Land

Resources Program Center, Intermountain Region. This map is on file and

available for inspection in the office of the National Park Service,

Land Resources Program Center, Intermountain Region and the Office of

the Superintendent, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

Notice is hereby given that the boundary of the San Antonio

Missions National Historical Park has been revised pursuant to the

above cited statute, to include the lands depicted as Tract 102-18 on

said map having drawing number 472/80,026-D.

COMMENTS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: The comment period on the proposed

exchange ends 45 days from the date of this publication. Information

may be obtained from or comments pertaining to this exchange should be

addressed to the Superintendent, San Antonio Missions National

Historical Park, 2202 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78210-4919.

Dated: June 7, 1999.

John E. Cook,

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 99-19449 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]

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