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Dept. of Interior, NPS Notice of Realty Action for the Proposed Exchange of Federally-owned Land for Territorially-owned Land

  • Staff Consortium
  • February 23, 2023

Notice of Realty Action for the Proposed Exchange of federally-owned land for territorially-owned land located on the Island of St. John (Cruz Bay Quarter), United States Virgin Islands. I. The National Park Service has identified a federally-owned parcel of land to be suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority for this exchange is the Act of October 5, 1962, P.L. 87-750, Stat 746, Sec. 2, the Act of July 15, 1968 (54 U.S.C. §102901), and Title 31 V.I. Code § 231a, referred to and cited as the Virgin Islands School Land Exchange Act. The selected Federal land to be exchanged is within the boundary of the Virgin Islands National Park, but is not essential for administration of the park unit. The land was surveyed during a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/ Environmental Assessment process for cultural resources and endangered and threatened species. Fee ownership to the federally-owned-land to be exchanged is described as follows: VIIS 01-137A is an 11.3- acre parcel of ...