§ 460x-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: 16USC460x-5]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXXII--SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
Sec. 460x-5. Administration, protection, and development
(a) Applicability of provisions; utilization of statutory authorities
The administration, protection, and development of the lakeshore
shall be exercised by the Secretary, subject to the provisions of this
subchapter and of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and
supplemented, relating to the areas administered and supervised by the
Secretary through the National Park Service; except that authority
otherwise 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 this subchapter.
(b) Land and water use management plan; preparation and implementation
by Secretary; required provisions
In the administration, protection, and development of the area, the
Secretary shall prepare and implement a land and water use management
plan, which shall include specific provisions for--
(1) development of facilities to provide the benefits of public
recreation;
(2) protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features
contributing to public enjoyment; and
(3) such protection, management, and utilization of renewable
natural resources as in the judgment of the Secretary is consistent
with, and will further the purpose of, public recreation and
protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing
to public enjoyment.
(c) Area review by Secretary; report to President; recommendations for
preservation of any area within lakeshore as wilderness;
designation as a wilderness
Within four years from October 21, 1970, the Secretary of the
Interior shall review the area within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lakeshore and shall report to the President, in accordance with
subsections (c) and (d) of section 1132 of this title, his
recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area
within the lakeshore for preservation as wilderness, and any designation
of any such area as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance
with said subsections.
(d) Public use areas; preservation of rights of owner or occupant of
improved property located within public use area
In developing the lakeshore the Secretary shall provide public use
areas in such places and manner as he determines will not diminish the
value or enjoyment for the owner or occupant of any improved property
located thereon.
(Pub. L. 91-479, Sec. 6, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1077.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460x-3 of this title.
