§ 460ii-2. — 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: 16USC460ii-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XCIII--CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460ii-2. Administration, protection, and development
(a) Applicability of statutory provisions; consideration of Federal,
State, and local plans
The Secretary shall administer, protect, and develop the recreation
area in accordance with sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, and in
accordance with any other statutory authorities available to him for the
conservation and management of historic and natural resources, including
fish and wildlife, to the extent he finds such authority will further
the purposes of this subchapter. In developing and administering the
recreation area, the Secretary shall take into consideration applicable
Federal, State, and local recreation plans and resource use and
development plans, including, but not limited to, the Atlanta Regional
Commission Chattahoochee Corridor Study, dated July 1972.
(b) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State
of Georgia, political subdivisions of the State, and other entities to
ensure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construction, and
operation of the recreation area.
(c) Consultation with Secretary of Army
In planning for the development and public use of the recreation
area, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Army to
assure that public use of adjacent or related water resource development
or flood control projects and that of the recreation area are
complementary.
(d) Establishment, regulations governing, etc., of fishing zones
In administering the recreation area, the Secretary may permit
fishing in waters under his jurisdiction in accordance with applicable
State and Federal laws and regulations. The Secretary, after
consultation with the appropriate State agency responsible for fishing
activities, may designate zones where, and establish periods when,
fishing shall be permitted and issue such regulations as he may
determine to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
subsection. Except in emergencies, such regulations shall be put into
effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency.
(Pub. L. 95-344, title I, Sec. 103, Aug. 15, 1978, 92 Stat. 475; Pub. L.
106-154, Sec. 2(c), (e)(1), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1737, 1738.)
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-154, Sec. 2(e)(1), substituted ``of
this subchapter'' for ``of this subchapter and chapter 43 of this
title''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-154, Sec. 2(c), added subsec. (b) and
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``The Secretary is
authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with the
State or its political subdivisions whereby he may assist in the
planning for and interpretation of non-Federal publicly owned lands
within or adjacent or related to the recreation area to assure that such
lands are used in a manner consistent with the findings and purposes of
this subchapter and chapter 43 of this title.''
