§ 251. — Establishment; boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC251]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 251. Establishment; boundaries
The Mount Olympus National Monument established pursuant to
proclamation of the President dated March 2, 1909, is abolished, and the
tracts of land in the State of Washington particularly described as
follows, to wit: Township 25 north, range 4 west, sections 5 to 8, 17 to
20, and 29 to 32, inclusive (unsurveyed); township 26 north, range 4
west, sections 1 to 12, 17 to 20, and 29 to 32, inclusive (unsurveyed);
township 27 north, range 4 west, sections 5 to 8, 17 to 20, and 29 to
36, inclusive (unsurveyed); township 28 north, range 4 west, sections 17
to 22, and 27 to 34, inclusive (unsurveyed); townships 25, 26, and 27
north, range 5 west (unsurveyed), township 28 north, range 5 west,
sections 7 to 36, inclusive (unsurveyed); township 24 north, range 6
west, sections 3 to 10, 15 to 22, and 27 to 34, inclusive (unsurveyed);
townships 25, 26, and 27 north, range 6 west (unsurveyed); township 28
north, range 6 west, sections 7 to 36, inclusive (unsurveyed); townships
24, 25, 26, and 27 north range 7 west (unsurveyed); township 28 north,
range 7 west, sections 5 to 36, inclusive (unsurveyed); township 24
north, range 8 west, sections 1 to 18, inclusive (partly surveyed);
townships 25, 26, 27, and 28 north, range 8 west (unsurveyed); township
29 north, range 8 west, sections 6, 7, 18, 19 to 21, and 28 to 33,
inclusive (unsurveyed); township 30 north, range 8 west, sections 18,
19, 30, and 31 (partly surveyed); township 24 north, range 9 west,
sections 1 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14 (partly surveyed); township 25 north,
range 9 west (unsurveyed); township 26 north, range 9 west, sections 1
to 18, inclusive (unsurveyed) each half of section 19 (unsurveyed),
sections 20 to 29, and 32 to 36, inclusive (surveyed); townships 27 and
28 north, range 9 west (unsurveyed); township 29 north, range 9 west
(partly surveyed); township 30 north, range 9 west, sections 13, 14, and
23 to 36, inclusive (partly surveyed); township 26 north, range 10 west,
sections 1, 12, and 13 (surveyed); township 27 north, range 10 west,
sections 1 to 6, inclusive, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36 (surveyed); township
28 north, range 10 west, south half section 7, south half section 8,
south half section 9, south half section 10, south half section 11,
south half section 12, sections 13 to 36, inclusive (unsurveyed) all
west of the Willamette meridian, in Washington, are reserved and
withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the
United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the
benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Olympic
National Park, and all lands formerly included in the Mount Olympus
National Monument and not included in the above description are
transferred to and made a part of the Olympic National Forest.
(June 29, 1938, ch. 812, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1241.)
Land Exchange With City of Tacoma, Washington
Pub. L. 102-436, title I, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2217, provided
that if the city of Tacoma offered to convey to the United States
approximately 45 acres of land located in the Soleduck and Quileute
areas within the boundary of Olympic National Park, in exchange for
approximately 30 acres of land adjacent to Lake Cushman as depicted on a
map entitled ``Proposed Boundary Revision Olympic National Park'' and
dated July 29, 1991, then the Secretary of the Interior was to carry out
such exchange, provided Tacoma could deliver clear and unencumbered
title, and subject to the laws and regulations applicable to exchanges
of land in the National Park System, adjustment of the Olympic National
Park boundaries, and additional provisions excluding such exchange from
affecting the operating level of Cushman Reservoir, rights of possible
intervenors in the Cushman Project, or fishing rights of the Skokomish
Tribe or any other Indian tribe.
[Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I, Sec. 116], Apr. 26,
1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-178; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided that: ``Within 30 days
after the enactment of this Act [Apr. 26, 1996], the Department of the
Interior shall issue a specific schedule for the completion of the Lake
Cushman Land Exchange Act (Public Law 102-436) [probably means title I
of Pub. L. 102-436, set out above] and shall complete the exchange not
later than September 30, 1996.'']
Acquisition of Certain Buildings, Etc.; Appropriation
Act Dec. 6, 1944, ch. 506, 58 Stat. 793, authorized the Secretary of
the Interior to purchase buildings and fixtures of the Olympic
Recreation Company and the Olympic Chalet Company, and appropriated
$35,000 for that purpose.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 251e of this title.
