§ 251f. — Consultation by Secretary with Governor, local officials, and affected landowners; notice to Congressional committees; publication in Federal Register.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC251f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 251f. Consultation by Secretary with Governor, local
officials, and affected landowners; notice to Congressional
committees; publication in Federal Register
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall, beginning within thirty days after October 21,
1976, consult with the Governor of the State of Washington, the Board of
Commissioners of Clallam County, and the affected landowners, and shall
locate a boundary encompassing all of the shoreline of Lake Ozette,
including privately owned aquatic lands not within the boundary of the
park on October 21, 1976: Provided, That such boundary shall be located
not less than two hundred feet set back from the ordinary high-water
mark of Lake Ozette: Provided further, That the privately owned lands
encompassed within the park by such boundary shall not exceed one
thousand five hundred acres. The Secretary shall, within one hundred and
eighty days after October 21, 1976, and following reasonable notice in
writing to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate
and House of Representatives of his intention to do so, publish in the
Federal Register a detailed description of the boundary located pursuant
to this section. Upon such publication the Secretary is authorized to
revise the map on file pursuant to section 251e of this title
accordingly, and such revised map shall have the same force and effect
as if included in sections 251e to 251m of this title.
(Pub. L. 94-578, title III, Sec. 320(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2739.)
References in Text
Sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, was in the
original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 94-578.
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished
and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate,
effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate,
as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the
``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''), approved Feb.
4, 1977.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 251g, 251h, 251i, 251l, 251m
of this title.
