§ 251j. — Property retention rights of landowners; use and occupancy improvements; plan to be submitted to Secretary; approval evidenced by issuance of permit and certificate; limitation on acquisition power of Secretary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC251j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 251j. Property retention rights of landowners; use and
occupancy improvements; plan to be submitted to Secretary;
approval evidenced by issuance of permit and certificate;
limitation on acquisition power of Secretary
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 251i of this title, any
noncorporate owner or owners, as of January 1, 1976, of property
adjacent to Lake Ozette may retain title to such property: Provided,
That such owner or owners consent to acquisition by the Secretary or \1\
scenic easements or other interests that allow only those improvements
that the Secretary finds to be reasonably necessary for continued use
and occupancy. Any such owner or owners who elects to improve his
property or a portion thereof shall submit to the Secretary a plan which
shall set forth the manner in which the property is to be improved and
the use to which it is proposed to be put. If, upon review of such plan,
the Secretary determines that it is compatible with the limitations of
this section, he in his discretion may issue a permit to such owner and
a certificate to that effect. Upon issuance of any such certificate and
so long as such property is maintained and used in conformity therewith,
the authority of the Secretary to acquire such property or interest
therein without the consent of the owner shall be suspended.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``of''.
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(Pub. L. 94-578, title III, Sec. 320(g), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 251f, 251g, 251h, 251i,
251l, 251m of this title.
