§ 459c-4. — Point Reyes National Seashore.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459c-4]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459c-4. Point Reyes National Seashore
(a) Establishment; notice in Federal Register
As soon as practicable after September 13, 1962, and following the
acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage in the area described in
section 459c-1 of this title, that is in the opinion of the Secretary
efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of sections 459c to
459c-7 of this title, the Secretary shall establish Point Reyes 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 459c-1 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 State and to the
governing body of each of the political subdivisions involved; (2) cause
a copy of such notice and map to be published in one or more newspapers
which circulate in each of the localities; and (3) cause a certified
copy of such notice, a copy of such map, and a copy of sections 459c to
459c-7 of this title to be recorded at the registry of deeds for the
county involved.
(Pub. L. 87-657, Sec. 4, formerly Sec. 5, Sept. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 540;
renumbered Sec. 4, Pub. L. 91-223, Sec. 2(c), Apr. 3, 1970, 84 Stat.
90.)
Amended Description of Boundaries of Point Reyes National Seashore;
Publication in Federal Register
Pub. L. 93-550, title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1744,
provided that: ``The Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this title [Dec. 26, 1974],
publish an amended description of the boundaries of the Point Reyes
National Seashore in the Federal Register, and thereafter he shall take
such action with regard to such amended description and the map referred
to in section 201 of this title [amending section 459c-1 of this title]
as is required in the second sentence of subsection (b) of section 4 of
the act of September 13, 1962, as amended [subsec. (b) of this
section].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459c-2, 459c-5, 459c-6,
459c-6b, 459c-7 of this title.
