§ 79b. — Park area.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC79b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VII--REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 79b. Park area
(a) Boundaries; maps; maximum acreage
The area to be included within the Redwood National Park is that
generally depicted on the maps entitled ``Redwood National Park,''
numbered NPS-RED-7114-A and NPS-RED-7114-B, and dated September 1968,
and the area indicated as ``Proposed Additions'' on the map entitled
``Additional Lands, Redwood National Park, California,'' numbered 167-
80005-D and dated March 1978, copies of which maps shall be kept
available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, and shall be filed with appropriate
officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. The Secretary of the
Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') may from time to
time, with a view to carrying out the purpose of this subchapter and
with particular attention to minimizing siltation of the streams, damage
to the timber, and assuring the preservation of the scenery within the
boundaries of the national park as depicted on said maps, modify said
boundaries, giving notice of any changes involved therein by publication
of a revised drawing or boundary description in the Federal Register and
by filing said revision with the officers with whom the original maps
were filed, but the acreage within said park shall at no time exceed one
hundred and six thousand acres, exclusive of submerged lands and
publicly owned highways and roads.
(b) Highways and roads
The Secretary is authorized to acquire all or part of existing
publicly owned highways and roads within the boundaries of the park as
he may deem necessary for park purposes. Until such highways and roads
have been acquired, the Secretary may cooperate with appropriate State
and local officials in patroling \1\ and maintaining such roads and
highways.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``patrolling''.
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(c) Park protection zone
Within the area outside the boundaries of Redwood National Park
indicated as the ``Park Protection Zone'' on the map entitled ``Proposed
Additions, Redwood National Park, California'', numbered 167-80005-D and
dated March 1978, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and
interests in land: Provided, That lands may be acquired from a willing
seller or upon a finding by the Secretary that failure to acquire all or
a portion of such lands could result in physical damage to park
resources and following notice to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives. Any lands so acquired shall
be managed in a manner which will maximize the protection of the
resources of Redwood National Park, and in accordance with the Act of
October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2473) [43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.]. Acquisition
of a parcel of land under the authority of this subsection shall not as
a result of such acquisition diminish the right of owners of adjacent
lands to the peaceful use and enjoyment of their land and shall not
confer authority upon the Secretary to acquire additional lands except
as provided in this subsection.
(Pub. L. 90-545, Sec. 2, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 95-250,
title I, Sec. 101(a)(1), (2), Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 103-
437, Sec. 6(d)(7), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583.)
References in Text
Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2743), referred to in subsec. (c),
is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as amended, known as
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, which is classified
principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-250, Sec. 101(a)(1), (2), inserted
``and the area indicated as `Proposed Additions' on the map entitled
`Additional Lands, Redwood National Park, California', numbered 167-
80005-D and dated March 1978,'' after ``and dated September 1968,'' and
substituted ``one hundred and six thousand acres, exclusive of submerged
lands and publicly owned highways and roads'' for ``fifty-eight thousand
acres, exclusive of submerged lands''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-250, Sec. 101(a)(2), struck out ``by
donation only'' after ``The Secretary is authorized to acquire''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-250, Sec. 101(a)(2), added subsec. (c).
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 79c, 79f, 79k, 79m of this
title.
