Notice of National Natural Landmark Designation for Irvine Ranch, Orange County, CA, 75271 [06-9692]
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Dated: November 30, 2006.
John Wessels,
Acting Assistant Director, Business Services.
[FR Doc. 06–9661 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]
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National Park Service
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Notice of Continuation of Visitor
Services
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Public notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the terms of
existing concession contracts, public
notice is hereby given that the National
Park Service intends to request a
continuation of visitor services for a
period not-to-exceed 1 year from the
date of contract expiration.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo.
A. Pendry, Concession Program
Manager, National Park Service,
Washington, DC 20240, Telephone, 202/
513–7156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
contracts listed below have been
extended to maximum allowable under
36 CFR 51.23. Under the provisions of
current concession contracts and
pending the completion of the public
solicitation of a prospectus for a new
concession contract, the National Park
Service authorizes continuation of
visitor services for a period not-toexceed 1 year under the terms and
conditions of the current contract as
amended. The continuation of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of National Natural Landmark
Designation for Irvine Ranch, Orange
County, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Public notice of National
Natural Landmark Designation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior
has determined that an area of 36,398
acres within the Irvine Ranch in Orange
County, California meets the criteria for
national significance and has designated
this site a National Natural Landmark.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Gibbons at 360–856–5700,
extension 306.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 6, 2006, Interior Secretary Dirk
Kempthorne designated a 36,398-acre
area within Irvine Ranch in Orange
County, California, as a National Natural
Landmark. This area is significant for its
Mediterranean shrublands, including
extensive areas of chaparral and coastal
sage scrub associations. It is one of the
largest areas of this association
remaining in the South Pacific Border
Province. The Irvine Ranch NNL also
represents a remarkably unique, long
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time-range stratigraphic succession that
shows the linkage between tectonic
framework, provenances,
sedimentology, paleoenvironments,
paleontology, paleoclimate, landscape
evolution and geologic history. In this
regard it represents one of the most
critical time intervals and locations in
the geologic history of the South Pacific
Border Province.
The Secretary of the Interior
established the National Natural
Landmarks Program in 1962 under the
authority of the Historic Sites Act of
1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The
National Park Service (NPS) manages
this program using regulations found at
36 CFR Part 62. Potential natural
landmarks are identified in studies by
the NPS and from other sources,
evaluated by expert natural scientists,
and, if determined nationally
significant, designated as landmarks by
the Secretary of the Interior. When
designated, a landmark is included in
the National Registry of Natural
Landmarks, which currently lists 581
National Natural Landmarks
nationwide. Of the 581 listed
landmarks, half are administered solely
by public agencies, i.e., Federal, State,
county or municipal governments.
Nearly one-third are owned solely by
private parties. The remaining natural
landmarks are owned or administered
by a mixture of public and private
owners. Owner permission must be
obtained to visit natural landmarks that
are privately owned or not managed for
public access. Designation does not
infer a right of public access.
National natural landmark
designation is not a land withdrawal,
does not change the ownership of an
area and does not dictate activity.
However, Federal agencies should
consider impacts to the unique
properties of these nationally significant
areas in carrying out their
responsibilities under the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.). Designation could result
in State or local planning or land use
implications. National Natural
Landmark preservation is made possible
by the long-term, voluntary
commitments of public and private
owners to protect the outstanding values
of the areas. Information on the National
Natural Landmarks Program can be
found on the Internet at
www.nature.nps.gov/nnl.
Dated: December 7, 2006.
Margaret A. Brooks,
National Natural Landmarks Program
Manager.
[FR Doc. 06–9692 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of National Natural Landmark Designation for Irvine Ranch,
Orange County, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Public notice of National Natural Landmark Designation.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior has determined that an area of
36,398 acres within the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, California meets
the criteria for national significance and has designated this site a
National Natural Landmark.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Gibbons at 360-856-5700,
extension 306.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 6, 2006, Interior Secretary Dirk
Kempthorne designated a 36,398-acre area within Irvine Ranch in Orange
County, California, as a National Natural Landmark. This area is
significant for its Mediterranean shrublands, including extensive areas
of chaparral and coastal sage scrub associations. It is one of the
largest areas of this association remaining in the South Pacific Border
Province. The Irvine Ranch NNL also represents a remarkably unique,
long time-range stratigraphic succession that shows the linkage between
tectonic framework, provenances, sedimentology, paleoenvironments,
paleontology, paleoclimate, landscape evolution and geologic history.
In this regard it represents one of the most critical time intervals
and locations in the geologic history of the South Pacific Border
Province.
The Secretary of the Interior established the National Natural
Landmarks Program in 1962 under the authority of the Historic Sites Act
of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The National Park Service (NPS)
manages this program using regulations found at 36 CFR Part 62.
Potential natural landmarks are identified in studies by the NPS and
from other sources, evaluated by expert natural scientists, and, if
determined nationally significant, designated as landmarks by the
Secretary of the Interior. When designated, a landmark is included in
the National Registry of Natural Landmarks, which currently lists 581
National Natural Landmarks nationwide. Of the 581 listed landmarks,
half are administered solely by public agencies, i.e., Federal, State,
county or municipal governments. Nearly one-third are owned solely by
private parties. The remaining natural landmarks are owned or
administered by a mixture of public and private owners. Owner
permission must be obtained to visit natural landmarks that are
privately owned or not managed for public access. Designation does not
infer a right of public access.
National natural landmark designation is not a land withdrawal,
does not change the ownership of an area and does not dictate activity.
However, Federal agencies should consider impacts to the unique
properties of these nationally significant areas in carrying out their
responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.). Designation could result in State or local planning or
land use implications. National Natural Landmark preservation is made
possible by the long-term, voluntary commitments of public and private
owners to protect the outstanding values of the areas. Information on
the National Natural Landmarks Program can be found on the Internet at
www.nature.nps.gov/nnl.
Dated: December 7, 2006.
Margaret A. Brooks,
National Natural Landmarks Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 06-9692 Filed 12-13-06; 8:45 am]
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