§ 410n. — Drainage of lands; rightofway.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410n]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIV--EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 410n. Drainage of lands; right-of-way
Unless the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
shall find that the same is seriously detrimental to the preservation
and propagation of the flora or fauna of Everglades National Park, he
shall permit such drainage through the natural waterways of the park and
the construction, operation, and maintenance of artificial works for
conducting water thereto as is required for the reclamation by the State
of Florida or any political subdivision thereof or any drainage district
organized under its laws of lands lying easterly of the eastern boundary
of the park in township 54 south, ranges 31 and 32 east, township 55
south, ranges 32 and 33 east, and township 56 south, range 33 east. He
shall grant said permission, however, only after a master plan for the
drainage of said lands has been approved by the State of Florida and
after finding that the approved plan has engineering feasibility and is
so designed as to minimize disruptions of the natural state of the park.
Any right-of-way granted pursuant to this section shall be revocable
upon breach of the conditions upon which it is granted, which conditions
shall also be enforcible in any other appropriate manner, and the
grantee shall be obligated to remove its improvements and to restore the
land occupied by it to its previous condition in the event of such
revocation.
(Pub. L. 85-482, Sec. 6, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 286.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 410j, 410p of this title.
