§ 460u-7. — Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460u-7]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXIX--INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
Sec. 460u-7. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory
Commission
(a) Establishment; termination
There is hereby established an Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Advisory Commission. Said Commission shall terminate on September 30,
1985.
(b) Membership; appointment; term of office; recommendation or
designation of appointees
The Commission shall be composed of thirteen members, each appointed
for a term of two years by the Secretary, as follows: (1) one member who
is a year-round resident of Porter County to be appointed from
recommendations made by the commissioners of such county; (2) one member
who is a year-round resident of the town of Beverly Shores to be
appointed from the recommendations made by the board of trustees of such
town; (3) one member who is a year-round resident of the towns of
Porter, Dune Acres, Pines, Chesterton, Ogden Dunes, or the village of
Tremont, such member to be appointed from recommendations made by the
boards of trustees or the trustee of the affected town or township; (4)
two members who are year-round residents of the city of Michigan City to
be appointed from recommendations made by such city; (5) two members to
be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the State of
Indiana; (6) one member to be designated by the Secretary; (7) two
members who are year-round residents of the city of Gary to be appointed
from recommendations made by the mayor of such city; (8) one member to
be appointed from recommendations made by a regional planning agency
established under the authority of the laws of the State of Indiana and
composed of representatives of local and county governments in
northwestern Indiana; (9) one member who is a year-round resident of the
city of Portage to be appointed from recommendations made by the mayor
of such city; and (10) one member who holds a reservation of use and
occupancy and is a year-round resident within the lakeshore to be
designated by the Secretary.
(c) Chairman; vacancies
The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any vacancy
in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the
original appointment was made.
(d) Compensation and expenses; vouchers
A member of the Commission shall serve without compensation as such.
The Secretary is authorized to pay the expense reasonably incurred by
the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under this
subchapter on vouchers signed by the Chairman.
(e) Consultation of Secretary with Commission
The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with
the Commission with respect to matters relating to the development of
the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and with respect to the provisions
of sections 460u-3, 460u-4,\1\ and 460u-5 of this title.
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(f) Disposal of industrial solid wastes; identification of acceptable
areas
The Advisory Commission is authorized to assist with the
identification of economically and environmentally acceptable areas,
outside of the boundaries of the lakeshore, for the handling and
disposal of industrial solid wastes produced by the coal-fired
powerplant in Porter County, Indiana, section 21, township 37 north,
range 6 west.
(Pub. L. 89-761, Sec. 7, formerly Sec. 8, Nov. 5, 1966, 80 Stat. 1311;
renumbered Sec. 7 and amended Pub. L. 94-549, Sec. 1(5), (6), (9), Oct.
18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2530, 2533; Pub. L. 96-612, Sec. 1(8), (9), Dec. 28,
1980, 94 Stat. 3576.)
References in Text
Section 460u-4 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e), was
repealed by Pub. L. 94-549, Sec. 1(9), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2533.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7 of Pub. L. 89-761 was renumbered section 6 and is
classified to section 460u-6 of this title.
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-612, Sec. 1(8), substituted ``on
September 30, 1985'' for ``ten years after the date of establishment of
the national lakeshore pursuant to this subchapter''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-612, Sec. 1(9), substituted ``thirteen
members'' for ``eleven members'' in provisions preceding cl. (1) and
``two members who are year-round residents'' for ``one member who is a
year-round resident'' in cls. (4) and (7).
1976--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-549, Sec. 1(5), substituted ``eleven
members'' for ``seven members'' in provision preceding cl. (1), struck
out ``Portage'' after ``Dunes Acres'' in cl. (3), and added cls. (7) to
(10).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94-549, Sec. 1(6), added subsec. (f).
