§ 459b-2. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459b-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459b-2. Establishment
(a) Notice in Federal Register
As soon as practicable after August 7, 1961, and following the
acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage in the area described in
section 459b of this title that its in the opinion of the Secretary
efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of sections 459b to
459b-8 of this title, the Secretary shall establish Cape Cod National
Seashore by the publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register.
(b) Distribution of notice and map
Such notice referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall
contain a detailed description of the boundaries of the seashore which
shall encompass an area as nearly as practicable identical to the area
described in section 459b of this title. The Secretary shall forthwith
after the date of publication of such notice in the Federal Register (1)
send a copy of such notice, together with a map showing such boundaries,
by registered or certified mail to the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and to the board of selectmen of each of the towns
referred to in section 459b of this title; (2) cause a copy of such
notice and map to be published in one or more newspapers which circulate
in each of such towns; and (3) cause a certified copy of such notice, a
copy of such map, and a copy of sections 459b to 459b-8 of this title to
be recorded at the registry of deeds for Barnstable County,
Massachusetts.
(Pub. L. 87-126, Sec. 3, Aug. 7, 1961, 75 Stat. 288.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459b-1, 459b-3 to 459b-8 of
this title.
