Proclamation 4346.

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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 [16 USC 431 note](/us/usc/t16/s431).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 the United States. They will be conveyed to the Government of the Virgin Islands on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a) of Public Law 93 435 (88 Stat. 1210), unless the President, under Section 1(b) [48 USC 1705](/us/usc/t48/s1705).(vii) of that Act, designates otherwise.

Under Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, 34 Slat. 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 by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

The aforementioned thirty acres of submerged lands arc contiguous to the site of the Buck Island Reef National Monument, constitute 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[48 USC 1705](/us/usc/t48/s1705).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 hereinafter described are hereby added to and made a part of the Buck Island Reef National Monument, and Proclamation No. 3443 of [16 USC 431 note](/us/usc/t16/s431).December 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, 1 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 hundred and ninety-ninth. Gerald R. Ford 4347 February 1, 1975 Reserving Certain Submerged Lands Adjacent to Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Territory of American Samoa and, Certain Submerged Lands for the Defense Needs of the United States in the Territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4347 · February 1, 1975 Reserving Certain Submerged Lands Adjacent to Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Territory of American Samoa and, Certain Submerged 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 turtles. The submerged 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 Government of those territories, on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1

(a)89 STAT. 1239of Public Law 93–435 (88 Stat. 1210), unless the President, under Section [48 USC 1705](/us/usc/t48/s1705).1(b)

(vii)of that Act, designates otherwise. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, by virtue of 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 American Samoa, the Government of Guam and the Government of the United States Virgin Islands under Section 1(a) of Public Law 93–435. *American Samoa.* The submerged lands adjacent to Rose Atoll located 78 miles east-southeast of Tau Island in the Manua Group at latitude 14°32′52″ south and longitude 168°08′34″ west, which lands shall be under the joint administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior. *Guam.*

(1)The submerged lands of inner and outer Apra Harbor; and,

(2)the submerged lands adjacent to the following uplands:

(a)Unsurveyed land, Municipality of Machanao, Guam, as delineated on Commander Naval Forces, Marianas Y & D Drawing Numbered 597–464, lying between the seaward boundaries of Lots Numbered 9992 through 9997 and the mean high tide, containing an undetermined area of land,

(b)surveyed land, Municipality of Machanao, Guam, as delineated on Commander Naval Forces, Marianas Y & D Drawing Numbered 597–464, lying between the seaward boundary of Lot Numbered 10080 and the line of mean high tide, containing an undetermined amount of land, and

(c)Lot Numbered PO 4.1 in the Municipality of Machanao, Guam, as delineated on Y & D Drawing Numbered 597–464, more particularly described as surveyed land bordered on the north by Lot Numbered 10080, Machanao, east by Northwest Air Force Base, south by U.S. Naval Communication Station (Finegayan) and west by the sea containing a computed area of 125.50 acres, more or less. All of the above lands within the territory of Guam shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy. *The Virgin Islands.*

(1)The submerged lands as described in the Code of Federal Regulations revised as of July 1, 1974, cited as 33 CFR 207.817 areas “A” & “B”,

(2)the submerged lands seaward of the 100 fathom curve off the coast of St. Croix beginning at a point 17°40′30″ N and ending at a point 17°46′30″ North as depicted on Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Numbered 25250, Third Edition; Tide: St. Croix, Virgin Islands Underwater Range, and

(3)the submerged lands seaward of the Underwater Range Operational Control Center, St. Croix, Virgin Islands presently leased to the Department of the Navy and described as Plot #18 of Estate Sprat Hall subdivision, located in northside Quarter “A”, St. Croix containing 4.84 acres of land. All of the above lands within the territory of the Virgin Islands shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy. 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 Stales of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth. Gerald R. Ford 4348 February 3, 1975 American Heart Month, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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