16 U.S.C. § 460cc — Establishment

submitted 54 years ago by Pub. L. 92-592 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 363 words · no verdicts yet

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This section creates the Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York Harbor area, to protect it for public use. It lists six units that make up the recreation area, based on an official boundary map. The Secretary of the Interior can make minor boundary changes after notifying two congressional committees.

This section creates the Gateway National Recreation Area (called "the recreation area" in the law). The goal is to protect its natural and recreational features so people can use and enjoy it now and in the future. (a) Composition and boundaries The recreation area is made up of land, water, marshes, and submerged land shown on an official 1972 boundary map. It has six parts: 1. Jamaica Bay Unit — all islands, marshes, hassocks, submerged land, and water in Jamaica Bay; Floyd Bennett Field; land between Highway 27A and Jamaica Bay; and Jamaica Bay up to the shoreline of JFK Airport. 2. Breezy Point Unit — everything between the east edge of Jacob Riis Park and the far west tip of the peninsula. 3. Sandy Hook Unit — everything between the Highway 36 Bridge and the north tip of the peninsula. 4. Staten Island Unit — Great Kills Park; World War Veterans Park at Miller Field (except about 26 acres set aside for a public school); Fort Wadsworth; and waterfront land between Cedar Grove Avenue, Seaside Boulevard, and Drury Avenue and the bay, from Great Kills to Fort Wadsworth. 5. Hoffman and Swinburne Islands. 6. All submerged land, islands, and water within a quarter mile of the average low-water line of any of the waterfront areas listed above. (b) Boundary revisions The official map is kept at the National Park Service office in Washington, D.C., where the public can look at it. The Secretary of the Interior can make small boundary changes. Before doing so, the Secretary must tell two congressional committees in writing — the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Then the Secretary publishes the new boundary drawing or description in the Federal Register.

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In order to preserve and protect for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations an area possessing outstanding natural and recreational features, the Gateway National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the “recreation area”) is hereby established.

(a) Composition and boundaries

The recreation area shall comprise the following lands, waters, marshes, and submerged lands in the New York Harbor area generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Gateway National Recreation Area,” numbered 951–40017 sheets 1 through 3 and dated May, 1972:

(1)

Jamaica Bay Unit—including all islands, marshes, hassocks, submerged lands, and waters in Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett Field, the lands generally located between highway route 27A and Jamaica Bay, and the area of Jamaica Bay up to the shoreline of John F. Kennedy International Airport;

(2)

Breezy Point Unit—the entire area between the eastern boundary of Jacob Riis Park and the westernmost point of the peninsula;

(3)

Sandy Hook Unit—the entire area between Highway 36 Bridge and the northernmost point of the peninsula;

(4)

Staten Island Unit—including Great Kills Park, World War Veterans Park at Miller Field (except for approximately 26 acres which are to be made available for public school purposes), Fort Wadsworth, and the waterfront lands located between the streets designated as Cedar Grove Avenue, Seaside Boulevard, and Drury Avenue and the bay from Great Kills to Fort Wadsworth;

(5)

Hoffman and Swinburne Islands; and

(6)

All submerged lands, islands, and waters within one-fourth of a mile of the mean low water line of any waterfront area included above.

(b) Boundary revisions: notification of Congressional committees; publication in Federal Register

The map referred to in this section shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia. After advising the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate in writing, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to make minor revisions of the boundaries of the recreation area when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–592, §§ 1, 3(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1308; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(n)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586; Pub. L. 106–132, § 1(2), Dec. 7, 1999, 113 Stat. 1681.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1972Enacted · Pub. L. 92-592 · 86 Stat. 1308
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-437 · 108 Stat. 4586
1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-132 · 113 Stat. 1681

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