National Park Service December 12, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces a public meeting of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.2).

This notice announces the revision to the boundary of Big Thicket National Preserve to include 33 tracts of land that were acquired by the United States of America between 1977 and 2006 listed as follows: Tract 102-10, 16.94 acres; Tract 104-17, 34.33 acres; Tract 126-27, 0.43 acre; Tract 143-28, 0.63 acre; Tract 143-29, 4.67 acres; Tract 143-30, 1.60 acres; Tract 145-41, 20.16 acres; Tract 158-42, 0.34 acre; Tract 158-43, 0.81 acre; Tract 158-44, 1.35 acres; Tract 158-45, 1.46 acres; Tract 158-46, 1.74 acres; Tract 158-47, 27.50 acres; Tract 158-48, 15.63 acres; Tract 159-59, 0.08 acre; Tract 159-60, 0.80 acre; Tract 164-50, 8.39 acres; Tract 172-05, 0.03 acre; Tract 173-08, 0.04 acre; Tract 173-10, 0.22 acre; Tract 174-05, 28.45 acres; Tract 176-19, 1.11 acres; Tract 189-30, 9.65 acres; Tract 191-27, 19.93 acres; Tract 201-11, 149.08 acres; Tract 206-06, 3.95 acres; Tract 221-11, 48.46 acres; Tract 223-07, 141.78 acres; Tract 223-08, 27.19 acres; Tract 223-10, 25.10 acres; Tract 223-12, 54.30 acres; Tract 223-13, 720.37 acres; and Tract 228-01, 6.25 acres. The National Park Service has determined that this boundary revision will make a significant contribution to the purpose for which the preserve was created and will allow the National Park Service to maintain managerial and law enforcement jurisdiction over these tracts.