§ 459i-5. — Administration, protection, and development.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459i-5]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459i-5. Administration, protection, and development
(a) Applicability of provisions; utilization of statutory authorities
The seashore shall be administered, protected, and developed in
accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title,
as amended and supplemented, except that any other statutory authority
available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of
natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority
will further the purposes of sections 459i to 459i-9 of this title.
(b) Preservation in primitive state; recreational activities exception
Except for certain portions of the seashore deemed to be especially
adaptable for recreational uses, particularly swimming, boating,
fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and other recreational activities of
similar nature, which shall be developed for such uses as needed, the
seashore shall be permanently preserved in its primitive state, and no
development of the project or plan for the convenience of visitors shall
be undertaken which would be incompatible with the preservation of the
unique flora and fauna or the physiographic conditions not prevailing,
nor shall any road or causeway connecting Cumberland Island to the
mainland be constructed.
(Pub. L. 92-536, Sec. 6, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1068.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459i-2, 459i-6, 459i-7 of
this title.
