Reserving Certain Lands Adjacent to and Enlarging the Boundaries of the Buck Island Reef National Monument in the Virgin Islands of the United States
PROCLAMATION 4346—FEB. 1, 1975 89 STAT. 1237 Proclamation 4346 • February 1, 1975 Reserving Certain Lands Adjacent to and Enlarging the Boundaries of the Buck Island Reef National Monument in the Virgin Islands of the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Buck Island Reef National Monument, situated off the northeast coast of Saint Croix Island in the Virgin Islands of the United States, was established by Proclamation No. 3443 of December 28, 1961 (76 Stat. 1441). It now has been determined that approximately thirty acres le use 431 of submerged land should be added to the monument site in order to insure the proper care and management of the shoals, rocks, undersea coral reef formations and other objects of scientific and historical interest pertaining to this National Monument. These thirty acres of submerged lands are presently owned in fee by (he United States. They will be conveyed to the Government of the Virgin Ishmds on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a) of Public Law 93-435 (88 Stat. …
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PROCLAMATION 4346—FEB. 1, 1975 89 STAT. 1237 Proclamation 4346 • February 1, 1975 Reserving Certain Lands Adjacent to and Enlarging the Boundaries of the Buck Island Reef National Monument in the Virgin Islands of the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Buck Island Reef National Monument, situated off the northeast coast of Saint Croix Island in the Virgin Islands of the United States, was established by Proclamation No. 3443 of December 28, 1961 (76 Stat. 1441). It now has been determined that approximately thirty acres le use 431 of submerged land should be added to the monument site in order to insure the proper care and management of the shoals, rocks, undersea coral reef formations and other objects of scientific and historical interest pertaining to this National Monument. These thirty acres of submerged lands are presently owned in fee by (he United States. They will be conveyed to the Government of the Virgin Ishmds on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a) of Public Law 93-435 (88 Stat. 1210), unless the President, under Section 1 (b) ^8 use ivos. (vii) of that .\ct, designates otherwise. Under Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), the President is authorized to declare by public Proclamation objects of historic or scientific interest that arc situated upon the lands owned or controlled ])y the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and m.ay reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area com- patible with the proper care and management of the objects to be pro- tected. The aforementioned thirty acres of submerged lands are contiguous to the site of the Buck Island Reef National Monument, con- stitute a part of the ecological community of the Buck Island Reef, and will not enlarge the monument boundaries beyond the smallest area compatible with its proper care and management. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United'States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 1(b) (vii) of Public Law 93-435 (88 Stat. 1210), do hereby proclaim that the lands hereinafter described are excepted from the transfer to the Government of the Virgin Islands under Section 1 (a) of 89 STAT. 1238 PROCLAMATION 4347—FEB. 1, 1975 48 use 1705. note Public Law 93-435; and, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do hereby proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands here- inafter described are hereby added to and made a part of the Buck Island Reef National Monument, and Proclamation No. 3443 of De- 16 use 431 cember 28, 1961, establishing the Buck Island Reef National Monument is amended accordingly. Beginning at latitude 17''47'30" N, longitude 64°36'32" W; thence approximately 1000 feet to latitude 17°47'27" N, longitude 64°36'22" W; thence approximately 900 feet to latitude 17''47'18" N, longitude 64°36'22" W; thence approximately 1000 feet to latitude 17°47'15" N, longitude 64''36'22" W; thence approximately 1500 feet to latitude 17<'47'30" N, longitude 64"'36'32" W, the place of beginning, embracing an area of approximately 30 acres. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hun- dred and ninety-ninth. GERALD R. FORD Proclamation 4347 • February 1, 1975 Reserving Certain Submerged Lands Adjacent to Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Territory of American Samoa and, Certain Sub- merged Lands for the Defense Needs of the United States in the Territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The submerged lands surrounding the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in American Samoa are necessary for the protection of the Atoll's marine life, including the green sea and hawksbill turdes. The sub- merged lands in Apra Harbor and those adjacent to Inapsan Beach and Urano Point in Guam, and certain submerged lands on the west coast of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands are required for national defense purposes. These submerged lands in American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands will be conveyed to the Govern- ment of those territories, on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a)