§ 251n. — Additional boundary revision.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC251n]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 251n. Additional boundary revision
(a) The boundary of Olympic National Park, Washington, is hereby
revised to include within the park--
(1) all submerged lands and waters of Lake Ozette, Washington,
and the Ozette River, Washington;
(2) all surveyed and unsurveyed islands, above the point of
lowest low tide, lying off the coast of the State of Washington in
the Pacific Ocean between latitudes 48 degrees 23 minutes north and
47 degrees 34 minutes north: Provided, That such lands as are
identified in this paragraph shall continue to be open to fishing
and to the taking of shellfish in conformity with the laws and
regulations of the State of Washington;
(3) those lands between mean high tide and the lowest low tide
beginning in section 22, township 24 north, range 13 west Willamette
meridian, at the common boundary between the Olympic National Park
and the Quinault Indian Reservation, to section 18, township 32
north, range 15 west Willamette meridian, at the common boundary
between the Olympic National Park and the Makah Indian Reservation,
except those lands directly adjacent to and west of the Hoh, Ozette,
and Quillayute Indian Reservations: Provided, That such lands as are
identified in this paragraph shall continue to be open to fishing
and to the taking of shellfish in conformity with the laws and
regulations of the State of Washington; and
(4) approximately nine thousand six hundred and thirty-eight
acres, and to exclude from the park approximately three thousand
three hundred and fifty-two acres, as generally depicted on the maps
entitled ``Boundary Modifications, Olympic National Forest and
Olympic National Park'', numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 through 9,
and dated September 1986, which shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, United
States Department of the Interior.
(b) The boundary of Olympic National Forest, Washington, is hereby
revised to include in the national forest approximately three thousand
three hundred and fifty-two acres and to exclude from the national
forest approximately nine thousand three hundred and twenty-four acres,
as generally depicted on the maps entitled ``Boundary Modifications,
Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park'', numbered 149/
60,030A, sheets 1 through 9, and dated September 1986, which shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest
Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
(Pub. L. 99-635, Sec. 1(a), (b), Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3527; Pub. L.
100-668, title I, Sec. 104(c)(1)-(3), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3962.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-668, Sec. 104(c)(1), (2), inserted
``, above the point of lowest low tide,'' after ``islands'', substituted
``34 minutes north'' for ``38 minutes north'', and inserted proviso at
end.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-668, Sec. 104(c)(3), substituted ``sheets 1
through 9'' for ``sheets 1 through 10''.
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction of Exchanged Park and Forest
Lands; Authorization of Appropriations
Sections 2 to 5 of Pub. L. 99-635, as amended by Pub. L. 100-668,
title I, Sec. 104(c)(4)-(6), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3962, provided
that:
``Sec. 2. (a) Federal lands, waters, and interests therein formerly
within the boundary of Olympic National Forest which are included within
the boundary of Olympic National Park pursuant to section 1 of this Act
[16 U.S.C. 251n] are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior for administration as part of the park, and shall be subject to
all the laws and regulations applicable to the park: Provided further,
That within section 15, township 24 north, range 9 west Willamette
meridian, and within an area extending not more than one mile north of
such section, nothing herein shall be construed to limit or otherwise
modify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to design and
construct a forest logging road east of the park boundary: Provided,
however, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall construct the road as
close as practically possible to the park boundary but not more than
five hundred feet east of the divide. Following construction, the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to
redescribe and relocate the boundary of the park along the eastern
clearing limits of the road.
``(b) Federal lands, waters, and interests therein formerly within
the boundary of Olympic National Park which are excluded therefrom
pursuant to section 1 of this Act [16 U.S.C. 251n] are, subject to valid
existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction
of the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of Olympic
National Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations
applicable to the National Forest System: Provided, That any lands
deleted from the park and included within the Buckhorn Wilderness, Mount
Skokomish Wilderness, or The Brothers Wilderness pursuant to this Act
[enacting this section and this note] shall be managed in accordance
with the provisions of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984
(Public Law 98-339, Act of July 3, 1984, 98 Stat. 301).
``Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange,
bequest or otherwise any non-Federal lands, waters, and interests
therein included within the boundary of Olympic National Park pursuant
to section 1 of this Act [16 U.S.C. 251n]: Provided: That any lands,
waters, or interests therein owned by the State of Washington or any
political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or
exchange.
``(b) For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 460l-
9), the boundary of the Olympic National Forest, as modified pursuant to
section 1 of this Act [16 U.S.C. 251n], shall be treated as if it was
the boundary of that national forest on January 1, 1965.
``Sec. 4. Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of
Washington, the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those
lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National Park by this Act
[enacting this section and this note] is hereby retroceded to the State.
``Sec. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act [enacting this
section and this note], except that the total amounts authorized to be
appropriated for the purpose of acquisition of lands, waters, and
interests therein pursuant to this Act shall not exceed $1,000,000.''
