16 U.S.C. § 230g — Authorization of appropriations; general management plan; submission to Congressional committees

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-625 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 178 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress can spend up to $50 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to buy land for the Jean Lafitte park, plus whatever is needed to build facilities. Within three years of November 10, 1978, the Secretary must send Congress a management plan covering visitor transportation, how many visitors the park can handle, facility costs and locations, and protection plans for Big Oak Island and Couba Island.

(a) Congress can spend up to $50,000,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to buy land, water, and land rights for this part of the law, plus whatever additional money is needed to build essential facilities. (b) Within three years of November 10, 1978, the Secretary, after consulting with the Commission, must send the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a general management plan for the park. The plan must cover: (1) different ways the public can get to the park; (2) how many visitors and what kinds of public use the park can handle while still protecting its resources; (3) where facilities to handle those visitors and uses should go and roughly what they will cost; and (4) what actions have been taken, and should still be taken, to properly protect, interpret, and manage Big Oak Island and Couba Island.

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(a)

There is authorized to be appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this part, not to exceed $50,000,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for acquisition of lands, waters, and interests therein and such sums as necessary for the development of essential facilities.

(b)

Within three years from November 10, 1978, the Secretary, after consultation with the Commission, shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a general management plan for the park indicating—

(1)

transportation alternatives for public access to the park;

(2)

the number of visitors and types of public use within the park which can be accommodated in accordance with the protection of its resources;

(3)

the location and estimated cost of facilities deemed necessary to accommodate such visitors and uses; and

(4)

a statement setting forth the actions which have been and should be taken to assure appropriate protection, interpretation, and management of the areas known as Big Oak Island and Couba Island.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 908, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3537.)

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1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-625 · 92 Stat. 3537

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