16 U.S.C. § 460x–5 — Administration, protection, and development

(a) Applicability of provisions; utilization of statutory authorities: The Secretary runs, protects, and develops the lakeshore following this subchapter and the general 1916 law covering areas the National Park Service manages. The Secretary may also use any other legal authority available for conserving and managing natural resources, as long as it helps achieve this subchapter's purposes.

(b) Land and water use management plan; preparation and implementation by Secretary: In running, protecting, and developing the lakeshore, the Secretary must prepare and carry out a land and water use management plan. The plan must specifically provide for: (1) building facilities that give the public the benefits of recreation; (2) protecting scenic, scientific, and historic features that the public enjoys; and (3) protecting, managing, and using renewable natural resources in a way the Secretary judges consistent with, and supportive of, both public recreation and protecting those scenic, scientific, and historic features.

(c) Area review by Secretary; report to President; recommendations for preservation as wilderness: Within four years of October 21, 1970, the Secretary had to review the lakeshore and report to the President — following subsections (c) and (d) of section 1132 of this title — recommending which areas, if any, were suitable for wilderness protection. Any actual wilderness designation had to follow the process in those same subsections.

(d) Public use areas; preservation of rights of owner or occupant of improved property^*: When developing public-use areas within the lakeshore, the Secretary must choose locations and methods that won't reduce the value or enjoyment of any improved property for its owner or occupant.