16 U.S.C. § 410y–1 — Purposes; establishment; boundaries; acquisition of lands; procedure for acquisition; time of acquisition

submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 91-664 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 443 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., starting with about 5,250 acres of federally owned canal land. State-owned land can only join the park if it's donated or covered by a written agreement sent to Congress first. The exact boundaries had to be set within 18 months.

(a) This section creates the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, in Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to preserve the canal's historic and scenic features and develop its potential for public recreation, including restoration work. The park starts out as roughly 5,250 acres of federally owned property, including land along the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument in Maryland and West Virginia, and canal land between Rock Creek in D.C. and near the mouth of Seneca Creek in Maryland. The boundaries follow a five-sheet map titled "Boundary Map, Proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park," numbered CHOH 91,000 and dated October 1969, on file at the National Park Service. No state-owned land can be included in the park unless: (1) it's donated to the United States, or (2) the Secretary negotiates a written cooperative agreement guaranteeing the land will be administered like other national parks, and (3) the terms of that donation or agreement are sent to the Senate and House committees at least 60 days before being finalized. The exact boundaries had to be set, published, and made public within 18 months after January 8, 1971, and property owners (other than those between the canal and the Potomac River) had to be told within that time how much of their property was included. (b) Within the park's boundaries, the Secretary may acquire land and land rights by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated money, or exchange — but must wait 2 years from January 8, 1971, before acquiring any land marked on the boundary map for acquisition by a state, if the Secretary has already negotiated and finalized a written cooperative agreement with that state.

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(a)

In order to preserve and interpret the historic and scenic features of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and to develop the potential of the canal for public recreation, including such restoration as may be needed, there is hereby established the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, in the States of Maryland and West Virginia and in the District of Columbia. The park as initially established shall comprise those particular properties in Federal ownership, containing approximately five thousand two hundred and fifty acres, including those properties along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the State of Maryland and appurtenances in the State of West Virginia designated as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, and those properties along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Rock Creek in the District of Columbia and the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument near the mouth of Seneca Creek in the State of Maryland. The boundaries of the park shall be as generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Boundary Map, Proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park,” in five sheets, numbered CHOH 91,000, and dated October 1969, which is on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: Provided, That no lands owned by any State shall be included in the boundaries of the park—

(1)

unless they are donated to the United States, or

(2)

until a written cooperative agreement is negotiated by the Secretary which assures the administration of such lands in accordance with established administrative policies for national parks, and

(3)

until the terms and conditions of such donation or cooperative agreement have been forwarded to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives at least sixty days prior to being executed.

The exact boundaries of the park shall be established, published, and otherwise publicized within eighteen months after January 8, 1971, and the owners of property other than property lying between the canal and the Potomac River shall be notified within said period as to the extent of their property included in the park.

(b)

Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but he shall refrain from acquiring, for two years from January 8, 1971, any lands designated on the boundary map for acquisition by any State if he has negotiated and consummated a written cooperative agreement with such State pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–664, § 3, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1978; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(g), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4585.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1971Enacted · Pub. L. 91-664 · 84 Stat. 1978
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-437 · 108 Stat. 4585

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-664 on 1971-01-08.

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